Conversion of heat to light using Townes' Maser-Laser Engine: quantum optics and thermodynamic analysis
It is shown that thermal energy from a heat source can be converted to useful work in the form of maser-laser light by using a combination of a Stern-Gerlach device and stimulated emissions of excited particles in a maser-laser cavity. We analyze the populations of atoms or quantum dots exiting the...
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American Physical Society
2011
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/7967/ https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.043838 |
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