Entanglement generation in quantum thermal machines

We show that in a linear quantum machine, a driven quantum system that evolves while coupled with thermal reservoirs, entanglement between the reservoir modes is unavoidably generated. This phenomenon, which occurs at sufficiently low temperatures and is at the heart of the third law of thermodynami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Aguilar, Milton, Freitas, José Nahuel, Paz, Juan Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/218450
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/218450
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum theormodynamics
Quantum open systems
Quantum entanglement
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Sumario:We show that in a linear quantum machine, a driven quantum system that evolves while coupled with thermal reservoirs, entanglement between the reservoir modes is unavoidably generated. This phenomenon, which occurs at sufficiently low temperatures and is at the heart of the third law of thermodynamics, is a consequence of a simple process: the transformation of the energy of the driving field into pairs of excitations in the reservoirs. For a driving with frequency ωd we show entanglement exists between environmental modes whose frequencies satisfy the condition ωi+ωj=ωd. We show that this entanglement can persist for temperatures that can be significantly higher than the lowest achievable ones with sideband resolved cooling methods.