Collective bath coupling lets spin ensembles reach non-thermal steady states whose energy, entropy, and free-energy changes are mitigated or amplified, with entropy production reduced by up to a factor of the ensemble size.
Thermodynamic coupling rule for far-from-equilibrium systems
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The energy conversion efficiency of far-from-equilibrium systems is generally limited by irreversible thermodynamic fluxes that make contact with different heat baths. For complex systems, the states of the maximum efficiency and the minimum entropy production are usually not equivalent. Here we show that the proper adjustments of the interaction between the energy and matter currents offer some important criteria for the performance characterizations of thermal agents, regardless of the system types and transition protocols. The universal thermodynamic coupling rule plays a critical role in irreversible processes. A double quantum dot system is applied to demonstrate that the performances of heat engines or refrigrators can be enhanced by suitably adjusting the coupling strength between thermodynamic fluxes.
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Thermodynamics from indistinguishability: mitigating and amplifying the effects of the bath
Collective bath coupling lets spin ensembles reach non-thermal steady states whose energy, entropy, and free-energy changes are mitigated or amplified, with entropy production reduced by up to a factor of the ensemble size.