| dc.contributor | Lewenstein, Maciej |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez Ramos, Constantino |
| dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-23T13:30:44Z |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-23T13:30:44Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-09 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/90172 |
| dc.description | Description: In the context of quantum thermodynamics the Landauer's principle and the Szilard engine are usually presented as the paradigmatic examples of the inter-convertibility between information and work. Besides, the fluctuation-dissipation theorems (Jarzynski and Crooks equalities) take into account the quantum effects in work extraction. By means of resource theoretic tools, we aim to develop a framework that unifies all the above phenomena as manifestations of the same fundamental principle: quantum channels with energy conservation constraints. |
| dc.description.abstract | In this theoretical work we study three theorems that establish limitations to three basic processes in thermodynamics: an adiabatic process, an erasure process and a work extraction process. We propose a theoretical setting that allows us to model these three processes using a fully quantum formalism. Using this picture, we explore the fundamental limitations that affect the processes. As a conclusion, we give a general view to the origin of these limitations. |
| dc.language.iso | eng |
| dc.publisher | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| dc.rights | S'autoritza la difusió de l'obra mitjançant la llicència Creative Commons o similar 'Reconeixement-NoComercial- SenseObraDerivada' |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
| dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Quantum theory |
| dc.subject.other | quantum |
| dc.subject.other | information |
| dc.subject.other | work |
| dc.subject.other | entropy |
| dc.subject.other | second law |
| dc.subject.other | fluctuation |
| dc.subject.other | Landauer |
| dc.subject.other | work extraction |
| dc.title | A general framework for information-work interconvertibility in the quantum regime |
| dc.type | Master thesis |
| dc.subject.lemac | Quàntums, Teoria dels |
| dc.identifier.slug | ETSETB-230.116206 |
| dc.rights.access | Open Access |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-09-15T05:51:33Z |
| dc.audience.educationlevel | Màster |
| dc.audience.mediator | Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona |
