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Quantum sensors represent a new generation of sensors with improved precision, accuracy, stability, and robustness to environmental effects compared to their classical predecessors. After decades of laboratory development, several types of…

Quantum computing is a good way to justify difficult physics experiments. But until quantum computers are built, do computer scientists need to know anything about quantum information? In fact, quantum computing is not merely a recipe for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-05 Aram W. Harrow

Frauchiger and Renner recently cast doubt on the universal applicability of Quantum Mechanics [1]. In the following, it is pointed out that their conclusion of one of three common-sense conditions, demanded for Quantum Mechanics, being…

General Physics · Physics 2020-04-23 Knud Thomsen

There exist two formulations for quantum heat engine that models an energy transfer between two microscopic systems. One is semi-classical scenario, and the other is full quantum scenario. The former is formulated as a unitary evolution for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Masahito Hayashi , Hiroyasu Tajima

Recent advancements in quantum computing are leading to an era of practical utility, enabling the tackling of increasingly complex problems. The goal of this era is to leverage quantum computing to solve real-world problems in fields such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Eneko Osaba , Esther Villar-Rodriguez , Izaskun Oregi

The consistent definition of the thermodynamic functions of small open quantum systems in contact with an environment in equilibrium with a heat bath has been the subject of many debates in the quantum community. In the present work we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-30 Jean Richert , Tarek Khalil

Incorporating time into thermodynamics allows addressing the tradeoff between efficiency and power. A qubit engine serves as a toy model to study this tradeoff from first principles, based on the quantum theory of open systems. We study the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-11 Roie Dann , Ronnie Kosloff , Peter Salamon

The interest in a system often resides in the interplay among different parameters governing its evolution. It is thus often required to access many of them at once for a complete description. Assessing how quantum enhancement in such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-22 Francesco Albarelli , Marco Barbieri , Marco G. Genoni , Ilaria Gianani

The implications of the physical theory of quantum mechanics on the question of realism is much a subject of sustaining interest, while the background questions among physicists on how to think about all the theoretical notion and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-23 Otto C. W. Kong

Nanoscale conductors are interesting for thermoelectrics because of their particular spectral features connecting separated heat and particle currents. Multiterminal devices in the quantum regime benefit from phase-coherent phenomena, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 José Balduque , Rafael Sánchez

This article gives an overview and a perspective of recent theoretical proposals and their experimental implementations in the field of quantum machine learning. Without an aim to being exhaustive, the article reviews specific high-impact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Lucas Lamata

In this article, we address the problem of how temperature of a quantum system is observed. By proposing a thought experiment, we argue that temperature must be conceived as an operator and its measurement must necessarily accompany a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-19 Sushrut Ghonge , Dervis Can Vural

A unified framework for different formulations of quantum theoery is introduced specifying what is meant by a quantum mechanical theory in general.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 James Hartle

Quantum computing is a rapidly developing field in the second wave of quantum development, with the potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries and fields of study. As the capabilities of quantum computers continue to advance,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-03-10 Astrid Bötticher , Zeki C. Seskir , Johannes Ruhland

We introduce a new quantum heat engine, in which the working medium is a quantum system with a discrete level and a continuum. Net work done by this engine is calculated and discussed. The results show that this quantum heat engine behaves…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Li , H. Wang , Y. D. Sun , X. X. Yi

Accurate models for open quantum systems -- quantum states that have non-trivial interactions with their environment -- may aid in the advancement of a diverse array of fields, including quantum computation, informatics, and the prediction…

The extension of thermodynamics into the quantum regime has received much attention in recent years. A primary objective of current research is to find thermodynamic tasks which can be enhanced by quantum mechanical effects. With this goal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-10 Mark T. Mitchison , Mischa P. Woods , Javier Prior , Marcus Huber

An intense effort is being made today to build a quantum computer. Instead of presenting what has been achieved, I invoke here analogies from the history of science in an attempt to glimpse what the future might hold. Quantum computing is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-17 G. S. Paraoanu

Thermodynamics could be seen as an expression of physics at a high epistemic level. As such, its potential as an inductive bias to help machine learning procedures attain accurate and credible predictions has been recently realized in many…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Elias Cueto , Francisco Chinesta

We present a comprehensive theoretical investigation about the operational regions of quantum systems, specifically examining their roles as working media functioning between two thermal reservoirs in Quantum Thermal Machines (QTMs). This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Aline D. Lucio , Cleverson Filgueiras , Moises Rojas