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Quantum thermodynamics is a research field that aims at fleshing out the ultimate limits of thermodynamic processes in the deep quantum regime. A complete picture of quantum thermodynamics allows for catalysts, i.e., systems facilitating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Nelly Huei Ying Ng , Laura Mančinska , Cristina Cirstoiu , Jens Eisert , Stephanie Wehner

A multiparticle quantum superposition state has been generated by a novel phase-selective parametric amplifier of an entangled two-photon state. This realization is expected to open a new field of investigations on the persistence of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Francesco De Martini , Giovanni Di Giuseppe

Quantum states may exhibit asymmetry with respect to the action of a given group. Such an asymmetry of states can be considered as a resource in applications such as quantum metrology, and it is a concept that encompasses quantum coherence…

Parametric couplings in engineered quantum systems are a powerful tool to control, manipulate and enhance interactions in a variety of platforms. It allows us to bring systems of different energy scales into communication with each other.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 A. Metelmann

Consider a bipartite quantum system with at least one of its two components being itself a composite system. By tracing over part of one (or both) of these two subsystems it is possible to obtain a reduced (separable) state that exhibits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 Guido Bellomo , Ana P. Majtey , A. R. Plastino , A. Plastino

We examine the problem of state transformations in the framework of Gaussian thermal resource theory in the presence of catalysts. To this end, we introduce an expedient parametrisation of covariance matrices in terms of principal mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 Benjamin Yadin , Hyejung H. Jee , Carlo Sparaciari , Gerardo Adesso , Alessio Serafini

Entanglement catalysis allows one to convert certain entangled states into others by the temporary involvement of another entangled state (so-called catalyst), where after the conversion the catalyst is returned to the same state. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-09-19 S. Turgut

We cast observable measure of quantum coherence or asymmetry as a resource to control the quantum speed limit (QSL) for unitary evolutions. For non-unitary evolutions, QSL depends on that of the state of the system and environment together.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Debasis Mondal , Chandan Datta , Sk Sazim

Quantum catalysts enable transformations that otherwise would be forbidden, offering a pathway to surpass conventional limits in quantum information processing. Among them, embezzling catalysts stand out for achieving near-perfect…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Haitao Ma , Yantong Li , Yingchun Kang , Bing Yu , Junjing Xing , Zhaobing Fan , Yunlong Xiao

In the presence of conservation laws, superpositions of eigenstates of the corresponding conserved quantities cannot be generated by quantum dynamics. Thus, any such coherence represents a potentially valuable resource of asymmetry, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Matteo Lostaglio , Markus P. Mueller

We show that in the presence of arbitrary catalysts, any pure bipartite entangled state can be converted into any other to unlimited accuracy without the use of any communication, quantum or classical.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wim van Dam , Patrick Hayden

Decoherence is the process via which quantum superpositions states are reduced to classical mixtures. Decoherence has been predicted for relativistically accelerated quantum systems, however examples to date have involved restricting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Daiqin Su , Timothy C. Ralph

Quantum states transformation under free operations plays a central role in the resource theory of coherence. In this paper, we investigate the transformation from a mixed coherent state into a pure one by using both incoherent operations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 C. L. Liu , D. L. Zhou

Given a pure state transformation $\psi\mapsto\phi$ restricted to entanglement-assisted local operations with classical communication, we determine a lower bound for the dimension of a catalyst allowing that transformation. Our bound is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-31 Yuval Sanders , Gilad Gour

Quantifying entanglement is a work in progress which is important for the active field of quantum information and computation. A measure of bipartite pure state entanglement is proposed here, named entanglement coherence, which is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Neha Pathania , Tabish Qureshi

We propose a theoretical scheme to realize tailorable couplings between a cantilever and a superconducting charge qubit. By tuning the controllable parameters of the qubit, both linear and nonlinear couplings between the cantilever and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-11 Jie-Qiao Liao , Le-Man Kuang

Entanglement is a central feature of quantum theory. Mathematical properties and physical applications of pure state entanglement make it a template to study quantum correlations. However, an extension of entanglement measures to mixed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 Aharon Brodutch , Daniel R. Terno

We are concerned with catalyst-assisted probabilistic entanglement transformations. A necessary and sufficient condition is presented under which there exist partial catalysts that can increase the maximal transforming probability of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Yuan Feng , Runyao Duan , Mingsheng Ying

A universal deterministic noiseless quantum amplifier has been shown to be impossible. However, probabilistic noiseless amplification of a certain set of states is physically permissible. Regarding quantum state amplification as quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 M. J. Hu , Y. S. Zhang

Bounds analogous to entropic uncertainty relations allow one to design practical tests to detect quantum entanglement by a collective measurement performed on several copies of the state analyzed. This approach, initially worked out for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-04 Łukasz Rudnicki , Zbigniew Puchała , Paweł Horodecki , Karol Życzkowski