Power-efficiency trade-off for finite-time quantum harmonic Otto heat
engine via phase-space approach
Power-efficiency trade-off for finite-time quantum harmonic Otto heat
engine via phase-space approach
Thermodynamic constraints impose a trade-off between power and efficiency in heat engines, preventing the simultaneous achievement of high power and high efficiency. For classical microscopic engines, explicit inequalities have been discovered, demonstrating the inherent inevitability of this power-efficiency trade-off. However, extensions of these results to quantum engines have so far …