Prof. Eric Lutz

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

We review the miniaturization of heat engines towards the nanoscale. We discuss in detail the experimental realization of a single atom engine using an ultracold trapped ion coupled to engineered reservoirs. We further address the question of how to enter the quantum regime and exploit quantum effects to enhance the performance of the machine.

Organisation: Prof. Dr. F. Jelezko, Tel. 23750

Host: Prof. Ankerhold, Dr. Kubala, Tel. 22873, off.: 22830