21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Tunable quantum thermodynamic machine enabled by a diatomic molecular system

25 Jun 2026, 15:30
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e)) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) (DTP) R1-5 | (DPT)

Speaker

Collins Edet (Universiti Malaysia Perlis)

Description

We present quantum heat machines using a diatomic molecule modelled by a q-deformed Morse potential as a working medium. We analyze the effect of the deformation parameter and other potential parameters on the work output and efficiency of the quantum Otto and quantum Carnot heat cycles. Furthermore, we derive the analytical expressions of work and efficiency as a function of these parameters. Interestingly, our system operates as a quantum heat engine across the range of parameters considered. In addition, the efficiency of the quantum Otto heat engine is seen to be tunable by the deformation parameter. Our findings provide useful insight for understanding the impact of anharmonicity on the design of quantum thermal machines.

Keyword-1 Quantum Otto Cycle
Keyword-2 Quantum Heat Engine
Keyword-3 q-deformed Morse potential

Author

Collins Edet (Universiti Malaysia Perlis)

Co-authors

Dr Etido Inyang (National Open University of Nigeria) Dr Obinna Abah (Newcastle University) Dr Norshamsuri Ali (Universiti Malaysia Perlis)

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