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Coherence effects in the performance of the quantum Otto heat engine

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The working substance fueling a quantum heat engine may contain coherence in its energy basis, depending on the dynamics of the engine cycle. In some models of quantum Otto heat engines, energy coherence has been associated with entropy production and quantum friction. We considered a quantum Otto heat engine operating at finite time. Coherence is generated and the working substance does not reach thermal equilibrium after interacting with the hot heat reservoir, leaving the working substance in a state with residual energy coherence. We observe an interferencelike effect between the residual coherence (after the incomplete thermalization) and the coherence generated in the subsequent finite-time stroke. We introduce analytical expressions highlighting the role of coherence and examine how this dynamical interference effect influences the engine performance. Additionally, in this scenario in which coherence is present along the cycle, we argue that the careful tuning of the cycle parameters may exploit this interference effect and make coherence acts like a dynamical quantum lubricant. To illustrate this, we numerically consider an experimentally feasible example and compare the engine performance to the performance of a similar engine where the residual coherence is completely erased, ruling out the dynamical interference effect.
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hal-04134688 , version 1 (20-06-2023)

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Patrice A Camati, Jonas F G Santos, Roberto M Serra. Coherence effects in the performance of the quantum Otto heat engine. Physical Review A, 2019, 99 (6), pp.062103. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.99.062103⟩. ⟨hal-04134688⟩

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