Quantum measurements and equilibration: the emergence of objective reality via entropy maximisation

E Schwarzhans, FC Binder, M Huber… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Textbook quantum physics features two types of dynamics, reversible unitary dynamics and
irreversible measurements. The latter stands in conflict with the laws of thermodynamics and …

Trade-offs between precision and fluctuations in charging finite-dimensional quantum batteries

P Bakhshinezhad, BR Jablonski, FC Binder, N Friis - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
Within quantum thermodynamics, many tasks are modeled by processes that require work
sources represented by out-of-equilibrium quantum systems, often dubbed quantum …

Broadcasting Quantum Information using Finite Resources

T Debarba, M Huber, N Friis - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.07660, 2024 - arxiv.org
Measurements can be viewed as interactions between systems and specifically prepared
pointers. Ideally, these interactions create accurate copies of the information corresponding …

Hidden Quantum Memory: Is Memory There When Somebody Looks?

P Taranto, TJ Elliott, S Milz - Quantum, 2023 - quantum-journal.org
In classical physics, memoryless dynamics and Markovian statistics are one and the same.
This is not true for quantum dynamics, first and foremost because quantum measurements …

Efficiently Cooling Quantum Systems with Finite Resources: Insights from Thermodynamic Geometry

P Taranto, P Lipka-Bartosik… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Landauer's universal limit on heat dissipation during information erasure becomes
increasingly crucial as computing devices shrink: minimising heat-induced errors demands …