Optimizing quantum refrigerators with a qubit on the hot side

Abstract

AbstractWe study the performance of one-qubit quantum and semiclassic refrigerators with the qubit on the hot side. We obtain the cooling power and the $$\Omega$$ Ω function. We discover that the quantum refrigerators perform differently to classic ones. We also prove that even in the high-temperature limit, where the semiclassic version of the refrigerator is valid, the results of the optimization are different to those obtained by optimizing classic refrigerators.