Decomposition of radiation energy into work and heat

Tatsuro Yuge, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Tetsuo Ogawa
Phys. Rev. E 95, 022119 – Published 16 February 2017

Abstract

We investigate energy transfer by the radiation from a cavity quantum electrodynamics system in the context of quantum thermodynamics. We propose a method of decomposing it into work and heat within the framework of quantum master equations. We find that the work and heat correspond, respectively, to the coherent and incoherent parts of the radiation. In the derivation of the method, it is crucial to investigate the dynamics of the system that receives the radiation from the cavity.

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  • Received 20 September 2016
  • Revised 20 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.022119

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Statistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Tatsuro Yuge1,*, Makoto Yamaguchi2, and Tetsuo Ogawa3

  • 1Department of Physics, Shizuoka University, Suruga, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
  • 2Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
  • 3Department of Physics, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan

  • *yuge.tatsuro@shizuoka.ac.jp

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Vol. 95, Iss. 2 — February 2017

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