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Coherence distillation is one of the central problems in the resource theory of coherence. In this Letter, we complete the deterministic distillation of quantum coherence for a finite number of coherent states under strictly incoherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-15 C. L. Liu , D. L. Zhou

Quantum coherence -- an indispensable resource for quantum technologies -- is known to be distillable from a noisy form using operations that cannot create it. However, distillation exacts a hidden coherent measurement cost, which has not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-16 Varun Narasimhachar

In thermodynamics, quantum coherences - superpositions between energy eigenstates - behave in distinctly nonclassical ways. Recently mathematical frameworks have emerged to account for these features and have provided a range of novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-26 Hyukjoon Kwon , Hyunseok Jeong , David Jennings , Benjamin Yadin , M. S. Kim

The resource theory of quantum coherence is an important topic in quantum information science. Standard coherence distillation and dilution problems have been thoroughly studied. In this paper, we introduce and study the problem of one-shot…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Senrui Chen , Xingjian Zhang , You Zhou , Qi Zhao

One of the fundamental questions in the emerging field of quantum thermodynamics is the role played by coherence in energetic processes that occur at the quantum level. Here, we address this issue by investigating two different quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Bertúlio de Lima Bernardo

Understanding how coherence of quantum systems affects thermodynamic quantities, such as work and heat, is essential for harnessing quantumness effectively in thermal quantum technologies. Here, we study the unique contributions of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-07 Rui Huang , Q. Y. Cai , Farzam Nosrati , Rosario Lo Franco , Zhong-Xiao Man

The interplay between quantum-mechanical properties, such as coherence, and classical notions, such as energy, is a subtle topic at the forefront of quantum thermodynamics. The traditional Carnot argument limits the conversion of heat to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Kamil Korzekwa , Matteo Lostaglio , Jonathan Oppenheim , David Jennings

We study coherence distillation under time-translation-invariant operations: given many copies of a quantum state containing coherence in the energy eigenbasis, the aim is to produce a purer coherent state while respecting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Sujay Kazi , Iman Marvian

Quantum coherence, the ability to control the phases in superposition states is a resource, and it is of crucial importance, therefore, to understand how it is consumed in use. It has been suggested that catalytic coherence is possible,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Joan A. Vaccaro , Sarah Croke , Stephen M. Barnett

In the classical regime, thermodynamic state transformations are governed by the free energy. This is also called as the second law of thermodynamics. Previous works showed that, access to a catalytic system allows us to restore the second…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Tulja Varun Kondra , Ray Ganardi , Alexander Streltsov

Quantum coherence, the ability of a quantum system to be in a superposition of orthogonal quantum states, is a distinct feature of the quantum mechanics, thus marking a deviation from classical physics. Coherence finds its applications in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Najmeh Etehadi Abari , Andrey Rakhubovsky , Radim Filip

Quantum coherence is one of the fundamental aspects distinguishing classical and quantum theories. Coherence between different energy eigenstates is particularly important, as it serves as a valuable resource under the law of energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Naoto Shiraishi , Ryuji Takagi

We establish an operational theory of coherence (or of superposition) in quantum systems, by focusing on the optimal rate of performance of certain tasks. Namely, we introduce the two basic concepts - "coherence distillation" and "coherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-25 Andreas Winter , Dong Yang

Quantum coherence, which quantifies the superposition properties of a quantum state, plays an indispensable role in quantum resource theory. A recent theoretical work [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{116}, 070402 (2016)] studied the manipulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-02 Kang-Da Wu , Zhibo Hou , Han-Sen Zhong , Yuan Yuan , Guo-Yong Xiang , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

Quantum coherence has been shown to impact the operational capabilities of quantum systems performing thermodynamic tasks in a significant way, and yet the possibility and conditions for genuine coherence-enhanced thermodynamic operation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 José A. Almanza-Marrero , Gonzalo Manzano

Quantum coherence plays a fundamental and operational role in different areas of physics. A resource theory has been developed to characterize the coherence of distinguishable particles systems. Here we show that indistinguishability of…

Coherence distillation is a basic information-theoretic task in the resource theory of coherence. In this paper, we develop the framework of the approximate coherence distillation under strictly incoherent operations. This protocol…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-10 C. L. Liu , C. P. Sun

We study the modification of the second law of thermodynamics for a quantum system interacting with a reservoir regarding quantum coherence. The whole system is isolated so that neither energy nor information is lost. It is discovered that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 Yu-Han Ma , C. L. Liu , C. P. Sun

We investigate manipulations of pure quantum states under incoherent or strictly incoherent operations assisted by a coherence battery, that is, a storage device whose degree of coherence is allowed to fluctuate in the process. This leads…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Benjamin Morris , Gerardo Adesso

Manipulation and quantification of quantum resources are fundamental problems in quantum physics. In the asymptotic limit, coherence distillation and dilution have been proposed by manipulating infinite identical copies of states. In the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-02 Qi Zhao , Yunchao Liu , Xiao Yuan , Eric Chitambar , Xiongfeng Ma
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