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We investigate the dynamics of ergotropy in open systems under Markovian and non-Markovian evolutions. In this scenario, we begin by formulating the ergotropy of an arbitrary qubit state in terms of energy and coherence. Thus, we determine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-28 J. M. Z. Choquehuanca , P. A. C. Obando , F. M. de Paula , M. S. Sarandy

This work reports the functioning of a single atom energy-conversion device, operating either as a quantum engine or a refrigerator, coupled to a quantum load. The "working fluid" is comprised of two optical levels of a single ion, and the…

In this work we introduce and characterize a broad class of quantum operations with a unique fixed point, termed quantum ergodic channels. We derive Lindblad-type master equations for these channels in arbitrary finite dimensions and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Ritam Basu , Anish Chakraborty , Himanshu Badhani , Mir Alimuddin , Samyadeb Bhattacharya

Quantum batteries are energy-storing devices, governed by quantum mechanics, that promise high charging performance thanks to collective effects. Due to its experimental feasibility, the Dicke battery - which comprises $N$ two-level systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Paolo Andrea Erdman , Gian Marcello Andolina , Vittorio Giovannetti , Frank Noé

Quantum hardware increasingly relies on energy reserves that can later be converted into useful work; yet, most battery-like proposals demand coherent drives or engineered non-equilibrium resources, limiting practicality in noisy settings.…

The concept of ergotropy was previously introduced as the maximum extractable work from a quantum state. Its enhancement, which is induced by quantum correlation via projective measurement, was formulated as the daemonic ergotropy. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 Mohammad Ali Balkanlu , Esfandyar Faizi , Bahram Ahansaz

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

A short introduction on quantum thermodynamics is given and three new topics are discussed: 1) Maximal work extraction from a finite quantum system. The thermodynamic prediction fails and a new, general result is derived, the ``ergotropy''.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. E. Allahverdyan , R. Balian , Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen

We introduce an ergotropy-based formulation of quantum thermodynamics, which provides a strong connection between average heat and von Neumann entropy. By adopting this formulation, we can reinterpret the infinitesimal average heat in terms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 J. M. Z. Choquehuanca , P. A. C. Obando , M. S. Sarandy , F. M. de Paula

It is challenging to construct metrology schemes which harness quantum features such as entanglement and coherence to surpass the standard quantum limit. We propose an ansatz for devising adaptive-feedback quantum metrology (AFQM) strategy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Yi Peng , Heng Fan

Recently, the concept of daemonic ergotropy has been introduced to quantify the maximum energy that can be obtained from a quantum system through an ancilla-assisted work extraction protocol based on information gain via projective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-12 Fabian Bernards , Matthias Kleinmann , Otfried Gühne , Mauro Paternostro

This paper explores quantum heat engines based on qubit and qutrit working media interacting with thermal environments through generalized amplitude damping (GAD) channels. We investigate how quantum channels can be employed to model heat…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Indrajith VS , Disha Verma

A generalized collision model is developed to investigate coherent charging a single quantum battery by repeated interactions with many-atom large spins, where collective atom operators are adopted and the battery is modeled by a uniform…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-10 P. Chen , T. S. Yin , Z. Q. Jiang , G. R. Jin

Achieving quantum speedups in practical tasks remains challenging for current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. These devices always encounter significant obstacles such as inevitable physical errors and the limited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Riki Toshio , Yutaro Akahoshi , Jun Fujisaki , Hirotaka Oshima , Shintaro Sato , Keisuke Fujii

Feedback-based quantum algorithms (FQAs) operate by iteratively growing a quantum circuit to optimize a given task. At each step, feedback from qubit measurements is used to inform the next quantum circuit update. In practice, the sampling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Vicente Peña Pérez , Matthew D. Grace , Christian Arenz , Alicia B. Magann

A repeated interaction process assisted by auxiliary thermal systems charges a quantum battery. The charging energy is supplied by switching on and off the interaction between the battery and the thermal systems. The charged state is an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Felipe Barra

Motivated by the recent interest in thermodynamics of micro- and mesoscopic quantum systems we study the maximal amount of work that can be reversibly extracted from a quantum system used to store temporarily energy. Guided by the notion of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-01 Robert Alicki , Mark Fannes

The accurate estimation of quantum observables is a critical task in science. With progress on the hardware, measuring a quantum system will become increasingly demanding, particularly for variational protocols that require extensive…

Quantum computing promises disruptive capabilities, yet its energy footprint has received far less attention than its asymptotic speedups. We present a first-order, full-system energy model for quantum computing in an high performance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Siyuan Niu , Di Wu , Ozgur Ozan Kilic , Kwangmin Yu

This study examines the performance of finite spin quantum batteries (QBs) using Heisenberg spin models with Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya (DM) and Kaplan--Shekhtman--Entin-Wohlman--Aharony (KSEA) interactions. The QBs are modeled as interacting…