Calorimetric measurement of work in a quantum system

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorPekola, Jukka P.
dc.contributor.authorSolinas, P.
dc.contributor.authorShnirman, A.
dc.contributor.authorAverin, D. V.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Applied Physicsen
dc.contributor.departmentTeknillisen fysiikan laitosfi
dc.contributor.schoolPerustieteiden korkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-27T09:01:37Z
dc.date.available2015-05-27T09:01:37Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWe propose a calorimetric measurement of work in a quantumsystem. As a physical realization, we consider a superconducting two-levelsystem, a Cooper-pair box, driven by a gate voltage past an avoided levelcrossing at charge degeneracy. We demonstrate that, with realistic experimentalparameters, the temperature measurement of a resistor (environment) can detectsingle microwave photons emitted or absorbed by the two-level system. Thismethod would thus be a way to measure the full distribution of work in repeatedmeasurements, and to assess the quantum fluctuation relations.en
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent115006/1-10
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationPekola, Jukka & Solinas, P. & Shnirman, A. & Averin, D. V. 2013. Calorimetric measurement of work in a quantum system. New Journal of Physics. Volume 15, Issue 11. 115006/1-10. ISSN 1367-2630 (printed). DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/115006.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/115006
dc.identifier.issn1367-2630 (printed)
dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/16264
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201505272903
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNew Journal of Physicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 15, Issue 11
dc.rights© 2013 IOP Publishing. This is the accepted version of the following article: Pekola, Jukka ; Solinas, P. ; Shnirman, A. ; Averin, D. V. 2013. Calorimetric measurement of work in a quantum system. New Journal of Physics. Volume 15, Issue 11. P. 115006/1-10. ISSN 1367-2630 (printed). DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/115006, which has been published in final form at http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/15/11/115006. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).en
dc.rights.holderIOP Publishing
dc.subject.keywordfree-energy differencesen
dc.subject.keywordCooper-pair boxesen
dc.subject.keywordnonadiabatic transitionsen
dc.subject.keywordfluctuationen
dc.subject.keyworddissipationen
dc.subject.keywordthermometryen
dc.subject.keywordfoundationsen
dc.subject.keywordequalityen
dc.subject.otherPhysicsen
dc.titleCalorimetric measurement of work in a quantum systemen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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