TY  - JOUR
PB  - SciPost Foundation
DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.101
TI  - Proposal for an autonomous quantum heat engine
PY  - 2025/10/17
UR  - https://www.scipost.org/SciPostPhys.19.4.101
JF  - SciPost Physics
JA  - SciPost Phys.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 101
A1  - Rasola, Miika
AU  - Vadimov, Vasilii
AU  - Uusnäkki, Tuomas
AU  - Möttönen, Mikko
AB  - We propose and theoretically analyse a superconducting electric circuit which can be used to experimentally realize an autonomous quantum heat engine. Using a quasiclassical, non-Markovian theoretical model, we demonstrate that coherent microwave power generation can emerge solely from the heat flow through the circuit determined by non-linear circuit quantum electrodynamics. The predicted energy generation rate is sufficiently high for experimental observation with contemporary techniques, rendering this work a significant step toward the first experimental realization of an autonomous quantum heat engine based on Otto cycles.
ER  -

@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.101,
	title={{Proposal for an autonomous quantum heat engine}},
	author={Miika Rasola and Vasilii Vadimov and Tuomas Uusnäkki and Mikko Möttönen},
	journal={SciPost Phys.},
	volume={19},
	pages={101},
	year={2025},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.101},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.101},
}