Harnessing non-adiabatic excitations promoted by a quantum critical point

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00362v1
• Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 00:19:47 GMT
• Title: Harnessing non-adiabatic excitations promoted by a quantum critical point
• Authors: Obinna Abah, Gabriele De Chiara, Mauro Paternostro, Ricardo Puebla
• Abstract summary: Crossing a quantum critical point in finite time challenges the adiabatic condition due to the closing of the energy gap. We show how these non-adiabatic excitations can be controlled and thus harnessed to perform certain tasks advantageously.
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• Abstract: Crossing a quantum critical point in finite time challenges the adiabatic condition due to the closing of the energy gap, which ultimately results in the formation of excitations. Such non-adiabatic excitations are typically deemed detrimental in many scenarios, and consequently several strategies have been put forward to circumvent their formation. Here, however, we show how these non-adiabatic excitations -- originated from the failure to meet the adiabatic condition due to the presence of a quantum critical point -- can be controlled and thus harnessed to perform certain tasks advantageously. We focus on closed cycles reaching the quantum critical point of fully-connected models analyzing two examples. First, a quantum battery that is loaded by approaching a quantum critical point, whose stored and extractable work increases exponentially via repeating cycles. Second, a scheme for the fast preparation of spin squeezed states containing multipartite entanglement that offer a metrological advantage. The corresponding figure of merit in both cases crucially depends on universal critical exponents and the scaling of the protocol driving the system in the vicinity of the transition. Our results highlight the rich interplay between quantum thermodynamics and metrology with critical nonequilibrium dynamics.

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