Activating thermally charged quantum batteries in finite time: Thermodynamic trade-offs between correlations, work, and information

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.12573v1
• Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:46:01 GMT
• Title: Activating thermally charged quantum batteries in finite time: Thermodynamic trade-offs between correlations, work, and information
• Abstract summary: We introduce a time-dependent stirring protocol that activates a thermally charged quantum battery through a time-dependent coupling to an auxiliary activator.<n>We characterize the performance of the protocol in terms of net extractable energy (net ergotropy) and power output.
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• Abstract: Thermally charged quantum batteries provide a stable and easy-to-have energy resource, but remain passive and therefore do not allow useful energy extraction on demand via unitary operations. We introduce a time-dependent stirring protocol that activates a thermally charged quantum battery through a time-dependent coupling to an auxiliary activator, thereby generating correlations that drive the battery into an active state. Accounting explicitly for the energetic cost of the stirring process, the entropic cost of correlation generation and the activation time, we derive bounds on the maximal net extractable energy. Incorporating projective measurement on the activator and exploiting the information gained through the measurement further enhances the extractable energy. As an experimentally relevant example, we analyze a waveguide-QED setup where a harmonic-oscillator battery (waveguide) is stirred and monitored by a two-level system. We characterize the performance of the protocol in terms of net extractable energy (net ergotropy) and power output.

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