Using quantum erasure to exorcize Maxwell's demon: III. implementation Conference Paper

abstract

• We present a negentropy quantum heat engine [M.O. Scully, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 220601] which uses a Stern-Gerlach apparatus as a quantum sorter and a pair of Raman pulses in order to adiabatically transfer population from one hyperfine ground sublevel to another. Work is produced in a microwave cavity by exploiting the energy of an atom's internal degrees of freedom. Such a scheme may be possible to implement under realistic experimental conditions. 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Scully, Marlan
• Zubairy, Muhammad

published proceedings

• PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

author list (cited authors)

• Sariyanni, Z. E., Rostovtsev, Y., Zubairy, M. S., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Sariyanni, ZE||Rostovtsev, Y||Zubairy, MS||Scully, MO

publication date

• October 2005

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures  Journal

keywords

• Entropy
• Heat Engine
• Laser
• Quantum Mechanics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.physe.2005.05.045

start page

• 47

end page

• 52

volume

• 29

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2005.05.045