Landauer Versus Nernst: What is the True Cost of Cooling a Quantum System?
Philip Taranto, Pharnam Bakhshinezhad, Andreas Blühm, Ralph Silva, Nicolai Friis, Maximilian P. E. Lock, Giuseppe Vitagliano, Felix C. Binder, Tiago Debarba, Emanuel Schwarzhans, Fabien Clivaz, Marcus Huber
Abstract
A novel framework identifies the necessary thermodynamic resources for producing pure quantum states, connecting the third law of thermodynamics with Landauer's principle and highlighting the role of information and complexity in thermodynamics.
Topics & Concepts
Nernst equationQuantum thermodynamicsQuantumThermodynamicsLaws of thermodynamicsSecond law of thermodynamicsStatistical physicsPhysicsTheoretical physicsQuantum mechanicsNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsElectrodeAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsQuantum Information and Cryptography