2023/01/27 by Manash Jyoti Sarmah, Sarmah, Manash Jyoti, Himangshu Prabal Goswami +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2301.11607
openalex publication_date 2023/01/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We explore the effects of quantum mechanical squeezing on the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of a coherent heat engine with squeezed reservoirs coupled to a squeezed cavity. We observe that the standard known phenomenon of flux-optimization beyond the classical limit with respect to quantum coherence is destroyed in presence of squeezing. Under extreme nonequilibrium conditions, the flux is rendered independent of squeezing. The efficiency at maximum power (EMP) obtained by optimizing the cavity's squeezing parameter is greater than what was predicted by Curzon and Ahlborn even in the absence of reservoir squeezing. The EMP with respect to the either of reservoirs' squeezing parameters is surprisingly equal and linear in ηC with a slope unequal to the universally accepted slope, 1/2. The slope is found to be proportional to the dissipation into the cavity mode and an intercept equal to a specific numerical value of the engine's efficiency.