Power-efficiency-stability trade-off in quantum information engines

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04901v1
• Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:19:44 GMT
• Title: Power-efficiency-stability trade-off in quantum information engines
• Authors: Milton Aguilar, Cüneyt Ünal, Eric Lutz,
• Abstract summary: We study the power-efficiency-stability trade-off in a finite-time quantum Carnot information engine.<n>We show that maximum efficiency can be reached at both finite work output and finite work output fluctuations.
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• Abstract: Efficiency and power are two central measures of the performance of thermal machines. We here study the power-efficiency-stability trade-off in a finite-time quantum Carnot information engine, in which an information reservoir replaces the usual cold bath of a quantum Carnot engine. We analytically evaluate mean and variance of the work output, and demonstrate that maximum efficiency can be reached at both finite work output and finite work output fluctuations. We additionally show that the relative work output fluctuations may be smaller than those of the corresponding Carnot heat engine. This result implies that the finite-time quantum Carnot information engine can be more stable than the quantum Carnot heat engine, an important property for practical applications.

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