Engineering Coherence and Ergotropy through Spatial Arrangement of Environmental Channel in a Two-Qubit Quantum Battery

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28153v1
• Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:15:16 GMT
• Title: Engineering Coherence and Ergotropy through Spatial Arrangement of Environmental Channel in a Two-Qubit Quantum Battery
• Abstract summary: We investigate how the spatial arrangement of environment channel influences the dynamics of coherence and work extraction in a two-qubit quantum battery.<n>The dynamics are evaluated using local $l_1$-norm coherence, global ergotropy and the global-local ergotropy gap.
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• Abstract: We investigate how the spatial arrangement of environment channel influences the dynamics of coherence and work extraction in a two-qubit quantum battery with resonant qubits coupled through an XY-exchange interaction. Qubit B is attached to a finite-temperature thermal bath, while RTN noise is applied either to qubit A or to qubit B, depending on whether it is in a separated or co-located configuration, respectively. Two complementary product states are considered to initialise the coherence on different qubits. The dynamics are evaluated using local $l_{1}$-norm coherence, global ergotropy and the global-local ergotropy gap. The results suggest that a stronger exchange interaction enhances the redistribution of coherence without necessarily improving retention of extractable work. For the parameter investigated, the greater global ergotropy is retained in the case of the co-located configuration, especially when the initially coherent qubit is not directly affected by the RTN. However, the configuration provides the largest global-local ergotropy gap, which varies with the exchange interaction, initial state and thermal coupling. Suppression of the gap at large $J$ is typically observed in the case of stronger thermalisation, although enhancement of intermediate-coupling may occur. These results establish that total extractable work, local coherence and collective work advantage quantify the distinct aspects of quantum battery performances. The initial distribution of coherence and the spatial arrangement thus provide complementary mechanisms for regulating locally and collectively extractable work in interacting open quantum batteries.

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