Quantum switch as a thermodynamic resource in the context of passive states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10730v1
• Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:47:41 GMT
• Title: Quantum switch as a thermodynamic resource in the context of passive states
• Authors: Otavio A. D. Molitor and {\L}ukasz Rudnicki
• Abstract summary: We study whether quantum switch is capable of activating a passive state. We show that quantum switch is not a thermodynamic resource in the discussed context.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In recent years many works have explored possible advantages of indefinite causal order, with the main focus on its controlled implementation known as quantum switch. In this paper, we tackle advantages in quantum thermodynamics, studying whether quantum switch is capable of activating a passive state: either alone or with extra resources (active control state) and/or operations (measurement of the control system). By disproving the first possibility and confirming the second one, we show that quantum switch is not a thermodynamic resource in the discussed context, though, it can facilitate work extraction given external resources. We discuss our findings by considering specific examples: a qubit system subject to rotations around the x and y axes in the Bloch sphere, as well as general unitaries from the U(2) group; and the system as a quantum harmonic oscillator with displacement operators, and with a combination of displacement and squeeze operators.

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