Quantum thermodynamics at low temperatures

Pico group – QTF Centre of Excellence – Department of Applied Physics – Aalto University School of Science P.O. Box 13500 – 00076 Aalto, Finland

Abstract

Low temperature phenomena and methods are quantum thermodynamics per se. Modern engineered quantum systems, for instance those used for superconducting quantum information processing and mesoscopic electron transport, provide working media for realizing devices such as quantum heat engines and refrigerators and a testbed for fundamental principles and phenomena in thermodynamics of quantum systems and processes.