Quantum Measurements and State Reduction

Author(s):  
Masahito Hayashi
2002 ◽  
Vol 725 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.B. Phelan ◽  
B.S. O'Connell ◽  
G. Farrell ◽  
G. Chambers ◽  
H.J. Byrne

AbstractThe current voltage characteristics of C60 thin film sandwich structures fabricated by vacuum deposition on indium tin oxide (ITO) with an aluminium top electrode are presented and discussed. A strongly non-linear behavior and a sharp increase in the device conductivity was observed at relatively low voltages (∼2V), at both room and low temperatures (20K). At room temperature the system is seen to collapse, and in situ Raman measurements indicate a solid state reduction of the fullerene thin film to form a polymeric state. The high conductivity state was seen to be stable at elevated voltages and low temperatures. This state is seen to be reversible with the application of high voltages. At these high voltages the C60 film was seen to sporadically emit white light at randomly localized points analogous to the much documented Electroluminescence in single crystals.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 889
Author(s):  
Akram Touil ◽  
Kevin Weber ◽  
Sebastian Deffner

In classical thermodynamics the Euler relation is an expression for the internal energy as a sum of the products of canonical pairs of extensive and intensive variables. For quantum systems the situation is more intricate, since one has to account for the effects of the measurement back action. To this end, we derive a quantum analog of the Euler relation, which is governed by the information retrieved by local quantum measurements. The validity of the relation is demonstrated for the collective dissipation model, where we find that thermodynamic behavior is exhibited in the weak-coupling regime.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Cimini ◽  
Ilaria Gianani ◽  
Marco Sbroscia ◽  
Jan Sperling ◽  
Marco Barbieri
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1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (28) ◽  
pp. 3369-3382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. N. SRIVASTAVA ◽  
G. VITIELLO ◽  
A. WIDOM

In order to understand the Landau–Lifshitz conjecture on the relationship between quantum measurements and the thermodynamic second law, we discuss the notion of "diabatic" and "adiabatic" forces exerted by the quantum object on the classical measurement apparatus. The notion of heat and work in measurements is made manifest in this approach and the relationship between information entropy and thermodynamic entropy is explored.


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