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Thermodynamic power of non-Markovianity




AuthorsBogna Bylicka, Mikko Tukiainen, Dariusz Chruściński, Jyrki Piilo, Sabrina Maniscalco

PublisherNature Publishing Group

Publication year2016

JournalScientific Reports

Journal acronymSci. Rep.

Article number27989

Volume6

Number of pages7

ISSN2045-2322

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/srep27989

Web address http://www.nature.com/articles/srep27989


Abstract

The natural framework to discuss thermodynamics at the quantum level is the theory of open quantum systems. Memory effects arising from strong system-environment correlations may lead to information back-flow, that is non-Markovian behaviour. The relation between non-Markovianity and quantum thermodynamics has been until now largely unexplored. Here we show by means of Landauer’s principle that memory effects control the amount of work extraction by erasure in presence of realistic environments.


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