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Thermodynamic consistency of the optomechanical master equation
摘要： We investigate the thermodynamic consistency of the master equation description of heat transport through an optomechanical system attached to two heat baths, one optical and one mechanical. We employ three different master equations to describe this scenario: (i) The standard master equation used in optomechanics, where each bath acts only on the resonator that it is physically connected to; (ii) the so-called dressed-state master equation, where the mechanical bath acts on the global system; and (iii) what we call the global master equation, where both baths are treated nonlocally and affect both the optical and mechanical subsystems. Our main contribution is to demonstrate that, under certain conditions including when the optomechanical coupling strength is weak, the second law of thermodynamics is violated by the first two of these pictures. In order to have a thermodynamically consistent description of an optomechanical system, therefore, one has to employ a global description of the effect of the baths on the system.
关键词： heat transport,thermodynamics,second law of thermodynamics,optomechanics,master equation
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Advancing photovoltaics and thermophotovoltaics with supradegeneracy
摘要： An ongoing challenge facing photovoltaics (PV) and thermophotovoltaics (TPV) is to improve the relatively poor efficiency with which they convert blackbody radiation into electricity. Analysis indicates that a recently proposed phenomenon from statistical mechanics – supradegeneracy – might boost this efficiency and increase system power densities. Supradegeneracy might also expand the palette of attractive PV/TPV materials, allow lower operating temperatures for TPVs, and thereby increase their robustness, reliability, and lifespan. Laboratory tests of the supradegeneracy concept have begun.
关键词： Photovoltaics,Second law of thermodynamics,Thermophotovoltaics,Waste heat,Supradegeneracy
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22