Accelerating Quantum Relaxation via Temporary Reset: A Mpemba-Inspired Approach

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Main Authors: Bao, Ruicheng, Hou, Zhonghuai
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author Bao, Ruicheng
Hou, Zhonghuai
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Hou, Zhonghuai
contents Slow relaxation processes spanning widely separated timescales pose fundamental challenges for probing steady-state properties and engineering functional quantum systems, such as quantum heat engines and quantum computing devices. We introduce a protocol that enables significant acceleration of relaxation in general Markovian open quantum systems by temporarily coupling the system to a reset channel, inspired by the Mpemba effect. Crucially, this acceleration persists even when the slowest decaying Lindbladian modes form complex-conjugate pairs. Unlike previous approaches, which typically target a single mode, our protocol may suppress multiple relaxation modes simultaneously. This framework provides a versatile and experimentally feasible tool for controlling relaxation timescales, with broad implications for quantum thermodynamics, computation, and state preparation.
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spellingShingle Accelerating Quantum Relaxation via Temporary Reset: A Mpemba-Inspired Approach
Bao, Ruicheng
Hou, Zhonghuai
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Slow relaxation processes spanning widely separated timescales pose fundamental challenges for probing steady-state properties and engineering functional quantum systems, such as quantum heat engines and quantum computing devices. We introduce a protocol that enables significant acceleration of relaxation in general Markovian open quantum systems by temporarily coupling the system to a reset channel, inspired by the Mpemba effect. Crucially, this acceleration persists even when the slowest decaying Lindbladian modes form complex-conjugate pairs. Unlike previous approaches, which typically target a single mode, our protocol may suppress multiple relaxation modes simultaneously. This framework provides a versatile and experimentally feasible tool for controlling relaxation timescales, with broad implications for quantum thermodynamics, computation, and state preparation.
title Accelerating Quantum Relaxation via Temporary Reset: A Mpemba-Inspired Approach
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11170