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Preserving multipartite entanglement amidst decoherence poses a pivotal challenge in quantum information processing. However, assessing multipartite entanglement in mixed states amid decoherence presenting a formidable task. Employing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Sovik Roy , Md. Manirul Ali , Abhijit Mandal , Chandrashekar Radhakrishnan

We compare quantum Otto engines based on two different cycle models: a two-bath model, with a standard heat source and sink, and a measurement-based protocol, where the role of heat source is played by a quantum measurement. We furthermore…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-30 Maron F. Anka , Thiago R. de Oliveira , Daniel Jonathan

Advantages of quantum effects in several technologies, such as computation and communication, have already been well appreciated, and some devices, such as quantum computers and communication links, exhibiting superiority to their classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Aslı Tuncer , Özgür E. Müstecaplioğlu

A simple two-qubit model showing Quantum Phase Transitions as a consequence of ground state level crossings is studied in detail. Using the Concurrence of the system as an entanglement measure and heat capacity as a marker of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-07 B. Leggio , A. Napoli , H. Nakazato , A. Messina

We study the relationship between the entanglement, mixedness and energy of two-qubit and two-mode Gaussian quantum states. We parametrize the set of allowed states of these two fundamentally different physical systems using measures of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Derek McHugh , Mario Ziman , Vladimir Buzek

The minimal-coupling quantum heat engine is a thermal machine consisting of an explicit energy storage system, heat baths, and a working body, which alternatively couples to subsystems through discrete strokes -- energy-conserving two-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 Marcin Łobejko , Paweł Mazurek , Michał Horodecki

In this paper, we investigate preservation of quantum coherence of a single-qubit interacting with a zero-temperature thermal reservoir through the addition of noninteracting qubits in the reservoir. Moreover, we extend this scheme to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Naghi Behzadi , Bahram Ahansaz , Esfandyar Faizi

The evolution of entanglement in a non-Hermitian quantum system may behave differently compared to its Hermitian counterpart. In this paper, we investigate the entanglement dynamics of two coupled and driven non-Hermitian qubits. Through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-31 Yi-Xi Zhang , Zhen-Tao Zhang , Xiao-Zhi Wei , Bao-Long Liang , Feng Mei , Zhen-Shan Yang

A heat engine undergoes a cyclic operation while in equilibrium with the net result of conversion of heat into work. Quantum effects such as superposition of states can improve an engine's efficiency by breaking detailed balance, but this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-07 Sahand Hormoz

The problem of the relationship between entanglement and two-qubit systems in which it is embedded is central to the quantum information theory. This paper suggests that the concurrence hierarchy as an entanglement measure provides an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mahmoud Abdel-Aty

We show how one can implement a quantum heat machine by using two interacting trapped ions, in presence of a thermal bath. The electronic states of the ions act like a working substance, while the vibrational mode is modelled as the cold…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-20 Suman Chand , Asoka Biswas

We derive the master equation of a system of two coupled qubits by taking into account their interaction with two independent bosonic baths. Important features of the dynamics are brought to light, such as the structure of the stationary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Matteo Scala , Rosanna Migliore , Antonino Messina

In this article, we briefly review dynamical and thermodynamical aspects of different forms of quantum motors and quantum pumps. We then extend previous results to provide new theoretical tools for a systematic study of those phenomena at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-26 Raúl A. Bustos-Marún , Hernan L. Calvo

Heat transfer in quantum systems is a current topic of interest due to emerging quantum technologies that attempt to miniaturize engines and examine fundamental aspects of thermodynamics. In this work, we consider heat transfer between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Marlon Brenes , Jakub Garwoła , Dvira Segal

We study the Markovian dynamics of a collection of n quantum systems coupled to an irreversible environmental channel consisting of a stream of n entangled qubits. Within the framework of repeated quantum interactions, we derive the master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-07 Shakib Daryanoosh , Ben Q. Baragiola , Thomas Guff , Alexei Gilchrist

Within a numerically exact simulation technique, the dissipative dynamics of a two-qubit architecture is considered in which each qubit couples to its individual noise source (reservoir). The goal is to reveal the role of subtle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Kiyoto Nakamura , Joachim Ankerhold

Considering an entropy-based division of energy transferred into heat and work, we develop an alternative theoretical framework for the thermodynamic analysis of two-level systems. When comparing these results with those obtained under the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 Andrés Vallejo , Alejandro Romanelli , Raúl Donangelo

We investigate the interplay between quantum thermodynamics, quantum correlations, and quantum coherence within the framework of the Unruh-DeWitt (UdW) detector model. By analyzing both the steady and dynamical states of various quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Omar Bachain , Mohamed Amazioug , Rachid Ahl Laamara

We study the entanglement dynamics for a two-spin system coupled to a spin environment of different configurations by z-x type interaction. The models considered in this paper are solved both analytically and numerically giving rise to some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-10 Jie Xu , Jun Jing , Ting Yu

Allowing the order of quantum operations to exist in superposition is known to open new routes for thermodynamic tasks. We investigate a quantum heat engine where energy exchanges are driven by generalized measurements, and the sequence of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Vinicius F. Lisboa , Pedro R. Dieguez , Kyrylo Simonov , Roberto M. Serra