Measuring the Characteristic Function of the Work Distribution
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- 7 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 110 (23), 230602
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.110.230602
Abstract
We propose an interferometric setting for the ancilla-assisted measurement of the characteristic function of the work distribution following a time-dependent process experienced by a quantum system. We identify how the configuration of the effective interferometer is linked to the symmetries enjoyed by the Hamiltonian ruling the process and provide the explicit form of the operations to implement in order to accomplish our task. We finally discuss two physical settings, based on hybrid optomechanical-electromechanical devices, where the theoretical proposals discussed in our work could find an experimental demonstration.Keywords
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