The smallest refrigerators can reach maximal efficiency

Paul Skrzypczyk; Nicolas Brunner; Noah Linden; Sandu Popescu

doi:10.1088/1751-8113/44/49/492002

The smallest refrigerators can reach maximal efficiency

Paul Skrzypczyk, Nicolas Brunner, Noah Linden, Sandu Popescu

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We investigate whether size imposes a fundamental constraint on the efficiency of small thermal machines. We analyse in detail a model of a small self-contained refrigerator consisting of three qubits. We show analytically that this system can reach the Carnot efficiency, thus demonstrating that there exists no complementarity between size and efficiency.

Original language	English
Article number	492002
Pages (from-to)	-
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume	44
Issue number	49
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/49/492002
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2011

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