A single atom heat engine

A single atom heat engine

Seminar author:Eric Lutz

Event date and time:05/30/2017 04:00:pm

Event location:GiQ's seminar room

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We review the miniaturization of heat engines towards the nanoscale. We

discuss in detail the experimental realization of a single atom engine

using an ultracold trapped ion coupled to engineered reservoirs. We

further address the question of how to enter the quantum regime and

exploit quantum effects to enhance the performance of the machine.