Geometrical bounds on irreversibility in open quantum systems
Quantum Physics
2018-10-24 v1
Abstract
Clausius inequality has deep implications for reversibility and the arrow of time. Quantum theory is able to extend this result for closed systems by inspecting the trajectory of the density matrix on its manifold. Here we show that this approach can provide an upper and lower bound to the irreversible entropy production for open quantum systems as well. These provide insights on the thermodynamics of the information erasure. Limits of the applicability of our bounds are discussed, and demonstrated in a quantum photonic simulator.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.05188,
title = {Geometrical bounds on irreversibility in open quantum systems},
author = {Luca Mancino and Vasco Cavina and Antonella De Pasquale and Marco Sbroscia and Robert I. Booth and Emanuele Roccia and Ilaria Gianani and Vittorio Giovannetti and Marco Barbieri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05188},
year = {2018}
}