Entropy production along nonequilibrium quantum jump trajectories

TL;DR

This paper develops a quantum stochastic thermodynamics framework to analyze entropy production along quantum jump trajectories, extending classical nonequilibrium thermodynamics concepts to quantum systems.

Contribution

It introduces quantum analogs of entropy production components for open quantum systems using quantum jump trajectories and local detailed balance.

Findings

Formulated quantum entropy production decomposition

Extended classical thermodynamics concepts to quantum systems

Provided a theoretical basis for quantum irreversibility analysis

Abstract

For classical nonequilibrium systems, the separation of the total entropy production into the adiabatic and nonadiabatic contributions is useful for understanding irreversibility in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In this article, we formulate quantum analogs for driven open quantum systems describable by quantum jump trajectories by applying a quantum stochastic thermodynamics. Our main conclusions are based on a quantum formulation of the local detailed balance condition.