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Entangled quantum Otto heat engines based on two-spin systems with the Dzyaloshinski–Moriya interaction

We construct an entangled quantum Otto engine based on spin-1/2 systems undergoing Dzyaloshinski–Moriya (DM) interaction within a varying magnetic field. We investigate the influence of the DM interaction on basic thermodynamic quantities, including heat transfer, work done, and efficiency and find...

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Published in:Quantum information processing 2017-09, Vol.16 (9), p.1-13, Article 216
Main Authors: Zhao, Li-Mei, Zhang, Guo-Feng
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Language:English
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Summary:We construct an entangled quantum Otto engine based on spin-1/2 systems undergoing Dzyaloshinski–Moriya (DM) interaction within a varying magnetic field. We investigate the influence of the DM interaction on basic thermodynamic quantities, including heat transfer, work done, and efficiency and find that the DM interaction importantly influences the engine’s thermodynamics. We obtain an expression for engine efficiency, finding it to yield the same efficiency for antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic coupling. A new upper bound, nontrivially consistent with the second law of thermodynamics, is derived for engine efficiency in the case of non-zero DM interaction.
ISSN:1570-0755
1573-1332
DOI:10.1007/s11128-017-1665-0