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The quantum engine cycle serves as an analogous representation of the macroscopic nature of heat engines and the quantum regime of thermal devices composed of a single element. In this work, we follow the formalism of a quantum engine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-23 Oladimeji Enock , Umeh Emmanuel , Abamba Oghenetega

The first law of thermodynamics, which governs energy conservation, is traditionally formulated as an equality. Surprisingly, we demonstrate that the first law alone implies a universal Landauer-like inequality linking changes in system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-17 Junjie Liu , Hanlin Nie

In this paper, we propose a novel quantum classifier utilizing dissipative engineering. Unlike standard quantum circuit models, the classifier consists of a central spin-qubit model. By subjecting the auxiliary qubits to carefully tailored…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 He Wang , Chuanbo Liu , Jin Wang

Current quantum computers require algorithms that use limited resources economically. In quantum machine learning, success hinges on quantum feature maps, which embed classical data into the state space of qubits. We introduce Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Jonas Jäger , Philipp Elsässer , Elham Torabian

Landauer's principle bounds the heat generated by logical operations, but in practice the thermodynamic cost of computation is dominated by the control systems that implement logic. CMOS gates dissipate energy far above the Landauer bound,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-17 Stephen Whitelam

In Szilard's engine, a demon measures a one-particle gas and applies feedback to extract work from thermal fluctuations, embodying Maxwell's notion that information reduces thermodynamic entropy - an apparent second-law violation. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-08-26 Xiangjun Xing

The construction of models from data is a significant contributor to the energetic costs of computation. Because of this, understanding how foundational thermodynamic bounds apply to modeling algorithms will be increasingly important. Here,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-20 Samuel H. D'Ambrosia , Sultan M. Daniels , Michael R. DeWeese , Anant Sahai

We have developed a thermodynamic theory in the non-equilibrium regime, which we describe as a thermodynamic system-bath model [S. Koyanagi and Y. Tanimura, J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{160}, 234112 (2024)]. Based on the dimensionless (DL)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-24 Shoki Koyanagi , Yoshitaka Tanimura

A learning machine, like all machines, is an open system driven far from thermal equilibrium by access to a low entropy source of free energy. We discuss the connection between machines that learn, with low probability of error, and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-01 G. J. Milburn , Sahar Basiri-Esfahani

We present a history-dependent Monte Carlo scheme for the efficient calculation of the free-energy of quantum systems, inspired by the Wang-Landau sampling and metadynamics method. When embedded in a path integral formulation, it is of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-04-08 Yanier Crespo , Alessandro Laio , Giuseppe E. Santoro , Erio Tosatti

Despite the increasing interest, the research field which studies the concepts of work and heat at quantum level has suffered from two main drawbacks: first, the difficulty to properly define and measure the work, heat and internal energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Paolo Solinas , Mirko Amico , Nino Zanghì

This research explores the integration of quantum data embedding techniques into classical machine learning (ML) algorithms, aiming to assess the performance enhancements and computational implications across a spectrum of models. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-20 Minati Rath , Hema Date

The Landauer's principle, a cornerstone of information thermodynamics, provides a fundamental lower bound on the energetic cost of information erasure in terms of the information content change. However, its traditional formulation is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-18 Yuanyuan Xiao , Jian-Hua Jiang , Junjie Liu

In nano-scale systems coupled to finite-size reservoirs, the reservoir temperature may fluctuate due to heat exchange between the system and the reservoirs. To date, a stochastic thermodynamic analysis of heat, work and entropy production…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-03 Saulo V. Moreira , Peter Samuelsson , Patrick P. Potts

Erasing memory is a fundamental operational task in quantum information processing, governed by Landauer's principle, which links information loss to thermodynamic work. We introduce and analyze assisted quantum erasure, where correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-08 Mir Alimuddin , Nathan Shettell , Raja Yehia , Antonio Acín , Federico Centrone

The Landauer principle bridges the energetic cost and information processing, showing that irreversible computation inevitably demands energy dissipation. As energy demands from computation continue to rise, approximate computing has…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-26 Yoshihiko Hasegawa

Quantum thermodynamics has emerged as a central field for understanding how energy conversion processes occur in microscopic systems. In these systems, effects such as coherence, entanglement, and non-Markovianity play key roles. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 J. M. Z. Choquehuanca

The aim of this book chapter is to indicate how quantum phenomena are affecting the operation of microscopic thermal machines, such as engines and refrigerators. As converting heat to work is one of the fundamental concerns in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Amikam Levy , David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky

We treat a quantum mechanical system with certain general properties which are expected to be common in macroscopic quantum systems. Starting from a PURE initial state (which may not describe an equilibrium) in which energy is mildly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hal Tasaki

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have been widely adopted both in the industry and in everyday life, but at the cost of high compute demands. Recent studies show that implementing machine learning in physical systems in the deep…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 J. C. López Carreño , S. Świerczewski , A. Opala , A. Salavrakos , B. Piętka , M. Matuszewski