Irreversibility in a unitary finite-rate protocol: The concept of internal friction

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ÇAKMAK S., Altintas F., Müstecaplioǧlu Ö. E.

Physica Scripta, cilt.91, sa.7, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 91 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/0031-8949/91/7/075101
  • Dergi Adı: Physica Scripta
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: internal friction, quantum adiabatic process, quantum relative entropy, quantum thermodynamics
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Samsun Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The concept of internal friction, a fully quantum mechanical phenomena, is investigated in a simple, experimentally accessible quantum system in which a spin-1/2 is driven by a transverse magnetic field in a quantum adiabatic process. The irreversible production of the waste energy due to the quantum friction is quantitatively analyzed in a forward-backward unitary transform of the system Hamiltonian by using the quantum relative entropy between the actual density matrix obtained in a parametric transformation and the one in a reversible adiabatic process. Analyzing the role of total transformation time and the different pulse control schemes on the internal friction reveal the non-monotone character of the internal friction as a function of the total protocol time and the possibility for almost frictionless solutions in finite-time transformations.