A team at the University of Basel shows that counting only the coherent part of leaking light as work, and the fluctuations as heat, makes quantum and classical thermodynamics agree for a single-atom light engine.
Physicists propose a way to reconcile heat and work in quantum light engines
A team at the University of Basel shows that counting only the coherent part of leaking light as work, and the fluctuations as heat, makes quantum and classical thermodynamics agree for a single-atom light engine.
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