Incomplete measurement of work in a dissipative two level system

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/17/5/055014MaRDI QIDQ5144020zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Klaara L. Viisanen, Samu Suomela, Simone Gasparinetti, Olli-Pentti Saira, Joachim Ankerhold, J. P. Pekola

Publication date 14 January 2021

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.7322

zbMATH Keywords

calorimetryfluctuation relationsquantum thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum state tomography, quantum state discrimination (81P18) Quantum state estimation, approximate cloning (81P50) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: We discuss work performed on a quantum two-level system coupled to multiple thermal baths. To evaluate the work, a measurement of photon exchange between the system and the baths is envisioned. In a realistic scenario, some photons remain unrecorded as they are exchanged with baths that are not accessible to the measurement, and thus only partial information on work and heat is available. The incompleteness of the measurement leads to substantial deviations from standard fluctuation relations. We propose a recovery of these relations, based on including the mutual information given by the counting efficiency of the partial measurement. We further present the experimental status of a possible implementation of the proposed scheme, i.e. a calorimetric measurement of work, currently with nearly single-photon sensitivity.

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