论文标题
量子热力学和量子相干发动机
Quantum Thermodynamics and Quantum Coherence Engines
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论文摘要
量子效应在几种技术（例如计算和通信）中的优势已经得到很好的赞赏，并且已经证明了一些设备，例如量子计算机和通信链接，表现出了与其经典对应物的优越性。信息与能源之间的密切关系激发了我们探索在能源技术中是否可以找到类似的量子益处。对更广泛的信息能量机的性能限制的研究是量子热力学快速新兴领域的主题。将经典热力学定律扩展到量子领域远非微不足道。这篇简短的评论介绍了最近在这个基本方向上的一些努力，并在利用非热量资源（特别是包含量子相干性和相关性的人）时，侧重于量子热发动机及其效率界限。
Advantages of quantum effects in several technologies, such as computation and communication, have already been well appreciated, and some devices, such as quantum computers and communication links, exhibiting superiority to their classical counterparts have been demonstrated. The close relationship between information and energy motivates us to explore if similar quantum benefits can be found in energy technologies. Investigation of performance limits for a broader class of information-energy machines is the subject of the rapidly emerging field of quantum thermodynamics. Extension of classical thermodynamical laws to the quantum realm is far from trivial. This short review presents some of the recent efforts in this fundamental direction and focuses on quantum heat engines and their efficiency bounds when harnessing energy from non-thermal resources, specifically those containing quantum coherence and correlations.
