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Identifying the origin of enhanced charging performance in many-body quantum batteries remains a central challenge in quantum thermodynamics. It is unclear whether improvements in stored energy and instantaneous charging power stem from…

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We reconsider the quantum energetics and quantum thermodynamics of the charging process of a simple, two-component quantum battery model made up of a charger qubit and a single--cell battery qubit. We allow for the initial quantum state of…

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Quantum nano-devices are fundamental systems in quantum thermodynamics that have been the subject of profound interest in recent years. Among these, quantum batteries play a very important role. In this paper we lay down a theory of random…

Quantum batteries are energy storage devices that satisfy quantum mechanical principles. How to obtain analytical solutions for quantum battery systems and achieve a full charging is a crucial element of the quantum battery. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-12 Wei-Xi Guo , Fang-Mei Yang , Fu-Quan Dou

Operations performing on quantum batteries are extended to scenarios where we no longer force the existence of definite causal order of occurrence between distinct processes. In contrast to standard theories, the so called indefinite causal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-27 Yuanbo Chen , Yoshihiko Hasegawa

Quantum battery capacity, as a critical metric for quantifying energy storage and release in quantum systems, exhibits complex behaviors in curved spacetime and noisy environments. This study focuses on bipartite mixed state, aiming to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Xukun Wang , Xiaofen Huang , Zhihao Ma , Shao-Ming Fei , Tinggui Zhang

Quantum reservoir computing (QRC) leverages the natural dynamics of quantum systems to process time-series data efficiently, offering a promising approach for near-term quantum devices. Unlike classical reservoir computing, the efficacy of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Tomoya Monomi , Wataru Setoyama , Yoshihiko Hasegawa

Ergotropy provides a fundamental measure of the extractable work from a quantum system and, consequently, of the maximal useful energy, or charge, stored within it. Understanding how this quantity can be manipulated and transformed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 André H. A. Malavazi , Borhan Ahmadi , Paweł Horodecki , Pedro R. Dieguez

We show that a cyclic unitary process can extract work from the thermodynamic equilibrium state of an engineered quantum dissipative process. Systems in the equilibrium states of these processes serve as batteries, storing energy. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Felipe Barra

Quantum batteries are quantum systems designed to store energy and release it on demand. The optimization of their performance is an intensively studied topic within the realm of quantum technologies. Such optimization forces the question:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Riccardo Grazi , Fabio Cavaliere , Niccolò Traverso Ziani , Dario Ferraro

Quantum batteries, which use quantum systems to store and deliver energy, are promising for next-generation energy storage. However, optimizing charging strategies and understanding the interplay between dissipation and quantum coherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 Hang Zhou , Jia-Wei Huang , Chuan-Cun Shu

This study investigates the role of EPR steering in characterizing the energy dynamics of quantum batteries (QBs) within \textcolor{black}{a charging system that features shared reservoirs. After optimizing parameter configurations to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Meng-Long Song , Zan Cao , Xue-Ke Song , Liu Ye , Dong Wang

We present a systematic analysis and classification of several models of quantum batteries involving different combinations of two level systems and quantum harmonic oscillators. In particular, we study energy transfer processes from a…

Quantum battery (QB) is an application of quantum thermodynamics which uses quantum effects to store and transfer energy, overcoming the limitations of classical batteries and potentially improving performance. However, due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Jin-Tian Zhang , Cheng-Ge Liu , Qing Ai

The realization of optical non-reciprocity is crucial for many device applications, and also of fundamental importance for manipulating and protecting the photons with desired time-reversal symmetry. Recently, various new mechanisms of…

Besides its fundamental importance, non-reciprocity has also found many potential applications in quantum technology. Recently, many quantum systems have been proposed to realize non-reciprocity, but stable non-reciprocal process is still…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Sai Li , Tao Chen , Jia Liu , Zheng-Yuan Xue

Inspired by the photosynthetic energy transfer process, we theoretically propose a method to realize non-reciprocal optical transmission in an array of coupled resonators. The optical non-reciprocity of the coupled resonators arises from…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-28 Yi-Xuan Yao , Qing Ai

Quantum battery (QB) is a conceptually new energy storage and conversion device, which consists usually of a quantum charger and an energy store (called usually as the QB for simplicity). The demonstrated advantage of QB, over its classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Y. F. Li , S. R. He , P. H. Ouyang , X. N. Feng , L. F. Wei

Quantum batteries are energy storage devices that satisfy quantum mechanical principles. How to improve the battery's performance such as stored energy and power is a crucial element in the quantum battery. Here, we investigate the charging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Fu-Quan Dou , Yuan-Jin Wang , Jian-An Sun

Quantum batteries (QBs) exploit principles of quantum mechanics to accelerate the charging process and aim to achieve optimal energy storage. However, analytical results for investigating these problems remain lacking due to the challenges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Hui-Yu Yang , Kun Zhang , Xiao-Hui Wang , Hai-Long Shi