Decomposition of radiation energy into work and heat

Fluctuation theorem in cavity quantum electrodynamics systems

We derive an integral fluctuation theorem (FT) in a general setup of cavity quantum electrodynamics systems. In the derivation, a key difficulty lies in a diverging behavior of entropy change arising from the zero-temperature limit of an external bath, which is required to describe the cavity loss. We solve this difficulty from the viewpoint of absolute irreversibility and find that two types of absolute irreversibility contribute to the integral FT. Furthermore, we show that, in a stationary and small cavity-loss condition, these contributions have simple relationships to the average number of photons emitted out of the cavity, and the integral FT yields an approximate form independent of the setup details. We illustrate the general results with a numerical simulation in a model of quantum heat engine.