Preface |
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Part I Quantum System-Bath Interactions and Their Control |
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1 Equilibration of Large Quantum Systems |
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3 | (11) |
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1.1 From Quantum Dynamics to Thermodynamics |
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3 | (3) |
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1.2 The Problem of Equilibration for Physical Observables |
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6 | (4) |
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1.3 From Equilibration to Thermalization |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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2 Thermalization of Quantum Systems Weakly Coupled to Baths |
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14 | (8) |
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2.1 Division into System and Bath |
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14 | (3) |
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2.2 System---Bath Separability and Non-separability |
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17 | (2) |
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2.3 Thermal Equilibrium and Correlation Functions |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (18) |
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22 | (11) |
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3.2 Polaritons: Photon Interactions with Optical Phonons |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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4 Quantized System---Bath Interactions |
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40 | (15) |
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40 | (4) |
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4.2 Polaronic System---Bath Interactions |
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44 | (8) |
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4.3 Two-Level System Coupling to Magnon or Spin Bath |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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5 System---Bath Reversible and Irreversible Quantum Dynamics |
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55 | (14) |
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5.1 Wigner---Weisskopf Dynamics |
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55 | (2) |
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5.2 Photon---Atom Binding and Partial Decay |
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57 | (8) |
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5.3 Atomic Coupling to a High-Q Defect Mode in the PBG |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (1) |
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6 System---Bath Equilibration via Spin-Boson Interaction |
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69 | (11) |
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6.1 System---Bath Non-separability or Entanglement near Thermal Equilibrium |
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69 | (5) |
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6.2 Mean Energies at Equilibrium |
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74 | (3) |
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6.3 System Evolution toward Equilibrium |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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7 Bath-Induced Collective Dynamics |
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80 | (11) |
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7.1 Collective TLS Coupling to a Single Field Mode |
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80 | (3) |
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7.2 Cooperative Decay of N Driven TLS |
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83 | (2) |
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7.3 Multiatom Cooperative Emission Following Single-Photon Absorption |
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85 | (5) |
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90 | (1) |
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8 Bath-Induced Self-Energy: Cooperative Lamb-Shift and Dipole-Dipole Interactions |
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91 | (28) |
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8.1 Markovian Theory of Two-Atom Self-Energy |
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91 | (10) |
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8.2 Non-Markovian Theory of RDDI in Waveguides |
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101 | (2) |
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8.3 Cooperative Self-Energy Effects in High- Q Cavities |
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103 | (6) |
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8.4 Macroscopic Quantum-Superposition (MQS) via Cooperative Lamb Shift |
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109 | (8) |
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117 | (2) |
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9 Quantum Measurements, Pointer Basis, and Decoherence |
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119 | (15) |
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9.1 Quantum Measurements and Pointer Bases |
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119 | (6) |
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9.2 Decoherence of Entangled System-Meter States |
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125 | (5) |
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9.3 Qubit Meter of a TLS Coupled to a Bath |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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10 The Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects (QZE and AZE) |
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134 | (27) |
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10.1 The QZE in a Closed System |
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134 | (4) |
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10.2 Open-System Decay Modified by Measurements |
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138 | (6) |
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144 | (4) |
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10.4 QZE and AZE Scaling in Various Baths |
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148 | (10) |
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158 | (3) |
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11 Dynamical Control of Open Systems |
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161 | (37) |
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11.1 Non-Markovian Master Equation for Dynamically Controlled Systems in Thermal Baths |
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161 | (9) |
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11.2 Non-Markovian Master Equation for Periodically Modulated TLS in a Thermal Bath |
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170 | (12) |
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11.3 Finite-Temperature TLS Decoherence Control |
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182 | (12) |
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11.4 Dynamical "Filter Function" Control |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (3) |
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12 Optimal Dynamical Control of Open Systems |
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198 | (13) |
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12.1 Euler-Lagrange Optimization |
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198 | (2) |
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12.2 Bath-Optimized Task-Oriented Control (BOTOC) |
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200 | (6) |
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12.3 Comparison of BOTOC and DD Control |
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206 | (4) |
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210 | (1) |
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13 Dynamical Control of Quantum Information Processing |
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211 | (31) |
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13.1 Decoherence Control during Quantum Computation |
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211 | (6) |
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13.2 Multipartite Decoherence Control |
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217 | (12) |
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13.3 Decoherence-Control Scalability |
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229 | (6) |
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13.4 Bell-State Entanglement and Decoherence Control |
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235 | (4) |
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239 | (3) |
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14 Dynamical Control of Quantum State Transfer in Hybrid Systems |
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242 | (17) |
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14.1 Optimized Control of Transfer between Multipartite Open-System Subspaces |
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242 | (1) |
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14.2 Optimized State Transfer from Noisy to Quiet Qubits |
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243 | (5) |
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14.3 Optimized Control of State Transfer through Noisy Quantum Channels |
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248 | (8) |
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256 | (3) |
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Part II Control of Thermodynamic Processes in Quantum Systems |
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15 Entropy, Work, and Heat Exchange Bounds for Driven Quantum Systems |
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259 | (13) |
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15.1 Entropy Change in Markovian and Non-Markovian Processes |
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259 | (4) |
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15.2 Passivity and Nonpassivity |
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263 | (1) |
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15.3 Work and Heat Exchange between a Driven System and a Bath |
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264 | (2) |
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15.4 Heat Currents and Entropy Change |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (2) |
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16 Thermodynamics and Its Control on Non-Markovian Timescales |
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272 | (34) |
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16.1 QND Impulsive Disturbances of the Equilibrium State |
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272 | (11) |
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16.2 Non-Markovian TLS Heating or Cooling by Repeated QND Disturbances |
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283 | (5) |
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16.3 Control of Steady States by QND Disturbances |
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288 | (12) |
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16.4 TLS Cooling Control in a Bath |
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300 | (3) |
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303 | (3) |
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17 Work-Information Relation and System-Bath Correlations |
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306 | (19) |
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17.1 Information and the Second Law of Thermodynamics |
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307 | (2) |
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17.2 The Landauer Principle |
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309 | (3) |
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17.3 Work Extraction from Passive States by Information Feedforward |
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312 | (6) |
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17.4 The Landauer Principle Revisited for Non-Markovian System-Bath Correlations |
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318 | (5) |
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323 | (2) |
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18 Cyclic Quantum Engines Energized by Thermal or Nonthermal Baths |
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325 | (18) |
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18.1 Universal Efficiency Bound |
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325 | (3) |
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18.2 Quantum Machines Powered by Nonthermal Bath with Ergotropy |
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328 | (5) |
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18.3 Quantum Machines Energized by Heat from Nonthermal Baths |
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333 | (7) |
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340 | (3) |
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19 Steady-State Cycles for Quantum Heat Machines |
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343 | (22) |
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19.1 Reciprocating Heat Engines in Quantum Settings |
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344 | (2) |
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19.2 Continuous Cycles under Periodic Modulation |
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346 | (7) |
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19.3 Bridging Self-Commuting Continuous and Reciprocal Cycles |
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353 | (7) |
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19.4 Speed Limits from Continuous to Otto Cycles |
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360 | (3) |
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363 | (2) |
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20 Two-Level Minimal Model of a Heat Engine |
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365 | (16) |
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20.1 Model and Treatment Principles |
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365 | (3) |
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20.2 Periodic Modulation, Filtered Bath Spectra, and the HE Condition |
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368 | (3) |
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20.3 Minimal QHM Model beyond Markovianity |
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371 | (7) |
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378 | (3) |
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21 Quantum Cooperative Heat Machines |
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381 | (14) |
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21.1 Many-Body Heat Engine (HE) with Permutation Symmetry |
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381 | (2) |
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21.2 Cooperative and Noncooperative Master Equations (ME) |
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383 | (3) |
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21.3 Collective Energy Currents |
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386 | (1) |
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21.4 Cooperative Power Enhancement |
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387 | (5) |
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392 | (3) |
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22 Heat-to-Work Conversion in Fully Quantized Machines |
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395 | (27) |
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22.1 Principles of Work Extraction in Fully Quantized HE |
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395 | (3) |
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22.2 Two-Level Quantum Amplifier (Laser) as Heat Engine |
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398 | (16) |
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22.3 QHM Catalyzed by Piston Squeezing |
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414 | (4) |
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418 | (4) |
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23 Quantum Refrigerators and the Third Law |
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422 | (13) |
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23.1 Quantized Refrigerator (QR) Performance Bounds |
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422 | (5) |
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23.2 Performance of Semiclassical Minimal (Two-Level) Refrigerators |
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427 | (3) |
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23.3 Cooling-Speed Scaling with Temperature |
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430 | (3) |
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433 | (2) |
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24 Minimal Quantum Heat Manager: Heat Diode and Transistor |
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435 | (14) |
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24.1 Heat Rectification with BSF |
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435 | (7) |
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24.2 Heat-Transistor Amplification with BSF |
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442 | (4) |
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446 | (3) |
Conclusions and Outlook |
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449 | (5) |
Bibliography |
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454 | (15) |
Index |
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