PIRSA:15030095

Quantum fluctuation theorems in open systems

APA

Deffner, S. (2015). Quantum fluctuation theorems in open systems. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/15030095

MLA

Deffner, Sebastian. Quantum fluctuation theorems in open systems. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Mar. 25, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15030095

BibTex

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:15030095,
            doi = {10.48660/15030095},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15030095},
            author = {Deffner, Sebastian},
            keywords = {Quantum Matter, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {Quantum fluctuation theorems in open systems},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2015},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:15030095 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/15030095}}
          }
          

Sebastian Deffner Los Alamos National Laboratory

Talk numberPIRSA:15030095
Source RepositoryPIRSA

Abstract

For isolated quantum systems fluctuation theorems are commonly derived within the two-time energy measurement approach. In this talk we will discuss recent developments and studies on generalizations of this approach. We will show that concept of fluctuation theorems is not only of thermodynamic relevance, but that it is also of interest in quantum information theory. In a second part we will show that the quantum fluctuation theorem generalizes to PT-symmetric quantum mechanics with unbroken PT-symmetry. In the regime of broken PT-symmetry the Jarzynski equality does not hold as also the CPT-norm is not preserved during the dynamics. These findings will be illustrated for an experimentally relevant system ? two coupled optical waveguides. It turns out that for these systems the phase transition between the regimes of unbroken and broken PT-symmetry is thermodynamically inhibited as the irreversible work diverges at the critical point. The discussion will be concluded with an alternative approach to fluctuation theorems and quantum entropy production in quantum phase space.