Operational Ergotropy: suboptimality of the geodesic drive

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05956v1
• Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 16:38:18 GMT
• Title: Operational Ergotropy: suboptimality of the geodesic drive
• Authors: Pritam Halder, Srijon Ghosh, Saptarshi Roy, Tamal Guha
• Abstract summary: We put forth a notion of optimality for extracting ergotropic work, derived from an energy constraint governing the dynamics for work extraction in a quantum system. We find that for certain typical noise models, the optimal choice which governs the Schrodinger part of the dynamics, aligns with the optimal drive in the unperturbed scenario. We also discuss the potential for faster work extraction from quantum systems in the presence of noise.
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• Abstract: We put forth a notion of optimality for extracting ergotropic work, derived from an energy constraint governing the necessary dynamics for work extraction in a quantum system. Within the traditional ergotropy framework, which predicts an infinite set of equivalent pacifying unitaries, we demonstrate that the optimal choice lies in driving along the geodesic connecting a given state to its corresponding passive state. Moreover, in a practical scenario where unitaries are inevitably affected by environmental factors, we refine the existing definition of ergotropy and introduce the notion of operational ergotropy. It enables the characterization of work extraction in noisy scenarios. We find that for certain typical noise models, the optimal choice which governs the Schrodinger part of the dynamics, aligns with the optimal drive in the unperturbed scenario. However, we demonstrate that such optimality is not universal by presenting an explicit counterexample. Additionally, within this generalized framework, we discuss the potential for faster work extraction from quantum systems in the presence of noise.

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