



@article {2145,
	title = {An autonomous single-piston engine with a quantum rotor},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018/02/15},
	abstract = {<p><span style="font-family: \&quot;Lucida Grande\&quot;, helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Pistons are elementary components of a wide variety of thermal engines, converting input fuel into rotational motion. Here, we propose a single-piston engine where the rotational degree of freedom is effectively realized by the flux of a superconducting island -- a quantum rotor -- while the working volume corresponds to the effective length of a superconducting resonator. Our autonomous design implements a Carnot cycle, relies solely on standard thermal baths and can be implemented with circuit quantum electrodynamics. We demonstrate how the piston is able to extract a net positive work via its built-in synchronicity using a filter cavity as an effective valve, eliminating the need for external control.</span></p>},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/aac40d},
	url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05486},
	author = {Alexandre Roulet and Stefan Nimmrichter and J. M. Taylor}
}
