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Impact of thermal and dissipative effects in a periodically-kicked quantum battery

Quantum Physics 2026-04-28 v1 Statistical Mechanics Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

Quantum batteries (QBs) have emerged as a promising route for fast energy storage and on-chip power supply in quantum devices. Given the limited analytical understanding of open Floquet QBs, we employ the kicked-Ising model as a tractable platform to systematically study its performance under realistic conditions, including finite temperature effects and environmental dissipation. Starting from Gibbs states of the transverse-field Ising model, we incorporate thermal and decoherence effects along the evolution, using both analytical and numerical approaches. Taking ergotropy as a central figure of merit, we characterize the injected and extractable energy, and identify regimes where charging remains robust despite environmental effects. Our results provide a systematic framework for assessing QB performance under thermal and dissipative effects.

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@article{arxiv.2604.24409,
  title  = {Impact of thermal and dissipative effects in a periodically-kicked quantum battery},
  author = {Sebastián V. Romero and Xi Chen and Yue Ban},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24409},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Main text: 6 pages, 4 figures. Supplemental material: 9 pages