Work

Thermodynamic Approach to Quantifying Incompatible Instruments

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We consider a thermodynamic framework to quantify instrument incompatibility via a resource theory subject to thermodynamic constraints. We use the minimal thermalization time needed to erase incompatibility's signature to measure incompatibility. Unexpectedly, this time value is equivalent to incompatibility advantage in a work extraction task. Hence, both thermalization time and extractable work can directly quantify instrument incompatibility. Finally, we show that incompatibility signatures must vanish in non-Markovian thermalization.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.170401

Authors: Chung-Yun Hsieh, Shin-Liang Chen

Institutions: University of Bristol, National Chung Hsing University, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics Division, National Cheng Kung University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,750