Frustrating quantum batteries

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Main Authors: Catalano, Alberto Giuseppe, Giampaolo, Salvatore Marco, Morsch, Oliver, Giovannetti, Vittorio, Franchini, Fabio
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Published: 2023
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author Catalano, Alberto Giuseppe
Giampaolo, Salvatore Marco
Morsch, Oliver
Giovannetti, Vittorio
Franchini, Fabio
author_facet Catalano, Alberto Giuseppe
Giampaolo, Salvatore Marco
Morsch, Oliver
Giovannetti, Vittorio
Franchini, Fabio
contents We propose to use a quantum spin chain as a device to store and release energy coherently (namely, a quantum battery) and we investigate the interplay between its internal correlations and outside decoherence. We employ the quantum Ising chain in a transverse field, and our charging protocol consists of a sudden global quantum quench in the external field to take the system out of equilibrium. Interactions with the environment and decoherence phenomena can dissipate part of the work that the chain can supply after being charged, measured by the ergotropy. We find that the system shows overall remarkably better performances, in terms of resilience, charging time, and energy storage, when topological frustration is introduced by setting AFM interactions with an odd number of sites and periodic boundary conditions. Moreover, we show that in a simple discharging protocol to an external spin, only the frustrated chain can transfer work and not just heat.
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spellingShingle Frustrating quantum batteries
Catalano, Alberto Giuseppe
Giampaolo, Salvatore Marco
Morsch, Oliver
Giovannetti, Vittorio
Franchini, Fabio
Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We propose to use a quantum spin chain as a device to store and release energy coherently (namely, a quantum battery) and we investigate the interplay between its internal correlations and outside decoherence. We employ the quantum Ising chain in a transverse field, and our charging protocol consists of a sudden global quantum quench in the external field to take the system out of equilibrium. Interactions with the environment and decoherence phenomena can dissipate part of the work that the chain can supply after being charged, measured by the ergotropy. We find that the system shows overall remarkably better performances, in terms of resilience, charging time, and energy storage, when topological frustration is introduced by setting AFM interactions with an odd number of sites and periodic boundary conditions. Moreover, we show that in a simple discharging protocol to an external spin, only the frustrated chain can transfer work and not just heat.
title Frustrating quantum batteries
topic Quantum Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.02529