An out-of-equilibrium non-Markovian quantum heat engine
An out-of-equilibrium non-Markovian quantum heat engine
We study the performance of a quantum Otto cycle using a harmonic work medium and undergoing collisional dynamics with finite-size reservoirs. We span the dynamical regimes of the work strokes from strongly non-adiabatic to quasi-static conditions, and address the effects that non-Markovianity of the open-system dynamics of the work medium …