Maximum-power quantum-mechanical Carnot engine
Maximum-power quantum-mechanical Carnot engine
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.83.041117
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发表时间:
2011-04-19
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Abe, Sumiyoshi
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作者:
Abe, Sumiyoshi
In their work [J. Phys. A 33, 4427 (2000)], Bender, Brody, and Meister have shown by employing a two-state model of a particle confined in the one-dimensional infinite potential well that it is possible to construct a quantum-mechanical analog of the Carnot engine through changes of both the width of the well and the quantum state in a specific manner. Here, a discussion is developed about realizing the maximum power of such an engine, where the width of the well moves at low but finite speed. The efficiency of the engine at the maximum power output is found to be universal independently of any of the parameters contained in the model.