Quantum jump model for a system with a finite-size environment

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2016-06-03

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Department of Applied Physics

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7

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Physical Review E, Volume 93, issue 6

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Measuring the thermodynamic properties of open quantum systems poses a major challenge. A calorimetric detection has been proposed as a feasible experimental scheme to measure work and fluctuation relations in open quantum systems. However, the detection requires a finite size for the environment, which influences the system dynamics. This process cannot be modeled with the standard stochastic approaches. We develop a quantum jump model suitable for systems coupled to a finite-size environment. We use the method to study the common fluctuation relations and prove that they are satisfied.

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FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCES, FLUCTUATION RELATIONS, ENTROPY PRODUCTION, MASTER EQUATION, THERMODYNAMICS, SIMULATION, EQUALITY, OPTICS

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10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062106

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Suomela, S, Kutvonen, A & Ala-Nissilä, T 2016, 'Quantum jump model for a system with a finite-size environment', Physical Review E, vol. 93, no. 6, 062106. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062106

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