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Pareto-optimal cycles for power, efficiency and fluctuations of quantum heat engines using reinforcement learning

Published inPhysical review research, vol. 5, no. 2, L022017
Publication date2023
First online date2023-04-27
Abstract

The full optimization of a quantum heat engine requires operating at high power, high efficiency, and high stability (i.e., low power fluctuations). However, these three objectives cannot be simultaneously optimized—as indicated by the so-called thermodynamic uncertainty relations—and a systematic approach to finding optimal balances between them including power fluctuations has, as yet, been elusive. Here we propose such a general framework to identify Pareto-optimal cycles for driven quantum heat engines that trade off power, efficiency, and fluctuations. We then employ reinforcement learning to identify the Pareto front of a quantum dot-based engine and find abrupt changes in the form of optimal cycles when switching between optimizing two and three objectives. We further derive analytical results in the fast- and slow-driving regimes that accurately describe different regions of the Pareto front.

Keywords
  • Fluctuation: quantum
  • Efficiency
  • Stability
  • Uncertainty relations
  • Thermodynamical
  • Quantum dot
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ERDMAN, Paolo Andrea et al. Pareto-optimal cycles for power, efficiency and fluctuations of quantum heat engines using reinforcement learning. In: Physical review research, 2023, vol. 5, n° 2, p. L022017. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L022017
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