Autonomous Maxwell's demon in a cavity QED system
Baldo-Luis Najera-Santos, Patrice A. Camati, Valentin Métillon, Michel Brune, Jean-Michel Raimond, Alexia Auffèves, Igor Dotsenko
Abstract
This work exploits a cavity QED system to investigate the connection between energy, information and the thermodynamic arrow of time in the quantum realm. The paper proposes an autonomous scheme of the Maxwell's demon with a single Rydberg atom and a microwave resonator and studies the change of the mutual information between the demon and the qubit-cavity system
Topics & Concepts
Maxwell's demonPhysicsArrow of timeDemonWork (physics)Quantum mechanicsConnection (principal bundle)QuantumArrowQuantum systemMode (computer interface)Quantum informationMicrowaveRydberg atomAtom (system on chip)Microwave cavityAction (physics)ResonatorBeam splitterCavity quantum electrodynamicsOpen quantum systemInterpretation (philosophy)Quantum electrodynamicsClassical mechanicsTheoretical physicsOptical cavityRydberg formulaStatistical physicsScheme (mathematics)Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Mechanics and Applications