Spin Heat Engine Coupled to a Harmonic-Oscillator Flywheel

We realize a heat engine using a single-electron spin as a working medium. The spin pertains to the valence electron of a trapped ^{40}Ca^{+} ion, and heat reservoirs are emulated by controlling the spin polarization via optical pumping. The engine is coupled to the ion's harmonic-oscillator de...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physical review letters 2019-08, Vol.123 (8), p.080602-080602, Article 080602
Hauptverfasser:	von Lindenfels, D, Gräb, O, Schmiegelow, C T, Kaushal, V, Schulz, J, Mitchison, Mark T, Goold, John, Schmidt-Kaler, F, Poschinger, U G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Calcium Electron spin Electrons Flywheels Heat engines Optical pumping Polarization (spin alignment) Single electrons Variations
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