Demonstration of superior communication through thermodynamically free channels in an optical quantum switch

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02236v1
• Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 11:56:37 GMT
• Title: Demonstration of superior communication through thermodynamically free channels in an optical quantum switch
• Authors: Hao Tang, Yu Guo, Xiao-Min Hu, Yun-Feng Huang, Bi-Heng Liu, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo,
• Abstract summary: We study the information enhancement effect of indefinite causal orders with the toolkit of thermodynamics in a photonic platform. We simulate the thermal interaction between a system qubit and two heat baths embedded in a quantum switch. Our results suggest that the quantum switch should be seen as a resource when the control qubit is also considered.
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• Abstract: The release of causal structure of physical events from a well-defined order to an indefinite one stimulates remarkable enhancements in various quantum information tasks. Some of these advantages, however, are questioned for the ambiguous role of the control system in the quantum switch that is an experimentally realized process with indefinite causal structure. In communications, for example, not only the superposition of alternative causal orders, but also the superposition of alternative trajectories can accelerate information transmissions. Here, we follow the proposal of Liu et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 230604 (2022)], and examine the information enhancement effect of indefinite causal orders with the toolkit of thermodynamics in a photonic platform. Specifically, we simulate the thermal interaction between a system qubit and two heat baths embedded in a quantum switch by implementing the corresponding switched thermal channels. Although its action on the system qubit only is thermally free, our results suggest that the quantum switch should be seen as a resource when the control qubit is also considered. Moreover, we characterize the non-Markovian property in this scenario by measuring the information backflows from the heat baths to the system qubit.

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