Quantum photo-thermodynamics on a programmable photonic quantum processor
Malaquias Correa Anguita, F. H. B. Somhorst, Reinier van der Meer, R. Schadow, Henk Snijders, Michiel de Goede, Ben Kassenberg, Pim Venderbosch, Caterina Taballione, Jörn P. Epping, Hans H. van den Vlekkert, Jacob F. F. Bulmer, J. Lugani, Ian A. Walmsley, Pepijn W. H. Pinkse, Jens Eisert, Nathan Walk, Jelmer J. Renema · Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition · 2022
We experimentally investigate the relation between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics by demonstrating equilibration of a quantum state towards a thermal state in an integrated quantum photonics platform.