Coherence-enhanced quantum-dot heat engine
Jaegon Um, Konstantin E. Dorfman, Hyunggyu Park
Abstract
Investigating all possible steady-state solutions in a particle-exchanging double-quantum-dot heat engine coupled to heat baths in parallel reveals a possibility of a power-enhanced heat engine by quantum coherence.
Topics & Concepts
Heat engineCoherence (philosophical gambling strategy)QuantumQuantum dotPhysicsMaterials scienceQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum and electron transport phenomena