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The quantum entanglement is considered as one of the most important notions of quantum computing. The entanglement is a feature of quantum systems and it is used as a basis for many quantum algorithms and protocols. In this paper we analyze…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-11 Marek Sawerwain , Joanna Wiśniewska

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

Recently developed quantum algorithms suggest that quantum computers can solve certain problems and perform certain tasks more efficiently than conventional computers. Among other reasons, this is due to the possibility of creating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rolando D. Somma

We study two trapped ions coupled to the axial phonon modes of a one-dimensional Coulomb crystal. This system is formally equivalent to the "two spin-boson" model. We propose a scheme to dynamically generate a maximally entangled state of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-02 H. T. Ng , S. Bose

Protocols of quantum energy teleportation (QET), while retaining causality and local energy conservation, enable the transportation of energy from a subsystem of a many-body quantum system to a distant subsystem by local operations and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 Masahiro Hotta

Quantum communication schemes widely use dielectric four-port devices as basic elements for constructing optical quantum channels. Since for causality reasons the permittivity is necessarily a complex function of frequency, dielectrics are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Scheel , L. Knoll , T. Opatrny , D. -G. Welsch

In this paper, we consider a model of two-level quantum heat engine to investigate the explicit analytic expression for the thermodynamics quantities in different condition under the finite-time operation. In this engine, the working…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-07-05 Yigermal Bassie , Tibebe Birhanu , Yoseph Abebe , Admasu Abawari

We extend the translationally invariant quantum East model to an inhomogeneous chain with East/West heterojunction structure. In analogy to the quantum diffusion of substantial particles, we observe a cyclic entanglement entropy spreading…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Guanhua Chen , Yao Yao

We investigate heat engines whose working substance is made of two coupled qubits performing a generalised Otto cycle by varying their applied magnetic field or their interaction strength during the compression and expansion strokes. During…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-09 Adam Hewgill , Alessandro Ferraro , Gabriele De Chiara

We demonstrate that a translation invariant chain of interacting quantum systems can be used for high efficiency transfer of quantum entanglement and the generation of multi-particle entanglement over large distances and between arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Martin B Plenio , Fernando L Semiao

Quantum energy teleportation (QET) is the phenomenon in which locally inaccessible energy is activated as extractable work through collaborative local operations and classical communication (LOCC) with an entangled partner. It closely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-23 Jinzhao Wang , Shunyu Yao

Heat engines constitute the major building blocks of modern technologies. However, conventional heat engines with higher power yield lesser efficiency and vice versa and respect various power-efficiency trade-off relations. This is also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-04 Mohit Lal Bera , Sergi Julià-Farré , Maciej Lewenstein , Manabendra Nath Bera

Quantum entanglement is a key physical resource in quantum information processing that allows for performing basic quantum tasks such as teleportation and quantum key distribution, which are impossible in the classical world. Ever since the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 Xin Wang , Mark M. Wilde

Electronic quantum entanglement between the central chain and the two electrodes in an infinite one-dimensional two-probe device system is studied. The entanglement entropy is calculated employing the nonequilibrium Green's function method…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 Yao-Sheng Li , Wen-Long You , Xue-Feng Wang

Entanglement is known to significantly improve the performance (separately) of communication and detection schemes that utilize quantum resources. This work explores the simultaneous utility of quantum entanglement for (joint) communication…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Yuhang Yao , Syed A. Jafar

Entanglement, which is an essential characteristic of quantum mechanics, is the key element in potential practical quantum information and quantum communication systems. However, there are many open and fundamental questions (relating to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 G. W. Ford , Yang Gao , R. F. O'Connell

We study the thermodynamic performance of the finite-time non-regenerative Stirling cycle used as a quantum heat engine. We consider specifically the case in which the working substance (WS) is a two-level system. The Stirling cycle is made…

Entanglement is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics and holds great promise for enhancing metrology and communications. Much of the focus of quantum metrology so far has been on generating highly entangled quantum states that offer…

We study a quantum thermal engine model for which the heat transfer law is determined by Einstein's theory of radiation. The working substance of the quantum engine is assumed to be a two-level quantum systems of which the constituent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-11-30 H. Yan , Hao Guo

Entanglement is a key resource in many quantum information tasks. From a fundamental perspective entanglement is at the forefront of major philosophical discussions advancing our understanding of nature. An experimental scheme was proposed…