Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)
Highlights

Quantum measurement as a thermodynamic resource

Michele Campisi
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Firenze INFN, Sezione di Firenze

Published 2019-11-29

Keywords

  • Thermodynamics,
  • quantum theory,
  • quantum measurement theory,
  • quantum heat engines

How to Cite

Campisi, M. (2019). Quantum measurement as a thermodynamic resource. Il Colle Di Galileo, 8(2), 57–61. https://doi.org/10.13128/cdg-10846

Abstract

The invasiveness of measurements in quantum mechanics is not necessarily a detrimental effect that needs to be avoided. On the contrary, precisely because it is invasive, the measurement process can trigger an exchange in energy between the measuring apparatus and the object measured, and this can be exploited to fuel an engine, e.g., a quantum refrigerator. In other words, the quantum measurement process can be considered as a genuine quantum mechanical thermodynamic resource.

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