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PV: Plenarvorträge

PV II

PV II: Plenary Talk

Monday, September 27, 2021, 09:00–09:45, Audimax 2

Quantum thermodynamics - superconducting circuit approach — •Jukka Pekola — QTF Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

I start by introducing ideas and principles of how to realize thermodynamic phenomena and devices in circuits composed of superconducting elements, including qubits, combined with heat baths formed of on-chip electronic reservoirs. This way we have demonstrated quantum limited heat transport by microwave photons [1,2], quantum heat valves [3] and rectifiers [4] and ultrasensitive calorimetric detectors [5]. Towards the end of the talk I present progress in realizing quantum heat engines and refrigerators based on thermodynamic cycles [6], and results on ultimate energy resolution of nanocalorimeters [5,7,8].

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