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Main Authors: Gyhm, Ju-Yeon, Rosa, Dario, Šafránek, Dominik
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16086
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author Gyhm, Ju-Yeon
Rosa, Dario
Šafránek, Dominik
author_facet Gyhm, Ju-Yeon
Rosa, Dario
Šafránek, Dominik
contents We introduce a quantum charging distance as the minimal time that it takes to reach one state (charged state) from another state (depleted state) via a unitary evolution, assuming limits on the resources invested into the driving Hamiltonian. For pure states it is equal to the Bures angle, while for mixed states, its computation leads to an optimization problem. Thus, we also derive easily computable bounds on this quantity. The charging distance tightens the known bound on the mean charging power of a quantum battery, it quantifies the quantum charging advantage, and it leads to an always achievable quantum speed limit. In contrast with other similar quantities, the charging distance does not depend on the eigenvalues of the density matrix, it depends only on the corresponding eigenspaces. This research formalizes and interprets quantum charging in a geometric way, and provides a measurable quantity that one can optimize for to maximize the speed of charging of future quantum batteries.
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spellingShingle Minimal time required to charge a quantum system
Gyhm, Ju-Yeon
Rosa, Dario
Šafránek, Dominik
Quantum Physics
We introduce a quantum charging distance as the minimal time that it takes to reach one state (charged state) from another state (depleted state) via a unitary evolution, assuming limits on the resources invested into the driving Hamiltonian. For pure states it is equal to the Bures angle, while for mixed states, its computation leads to an optimization problem. Thus, we also derive easily computable bounds on this quantity. The charging distance tightens the known bound on the mean charging power of a quantum battery, it quantifies the quantum charging advantage, and it leads to an always achievable quantum speed limit. In contrast with other similar quantities, the charging distance does not depend on the eigenvalues of the density matrix, it depends only on the corresponding eigenspaces. This research formalizes and interprets quantum charging in a geometric way, and provides a measurable quantity that one can optimize for to maximize the speed of charging of future quantum batteries.
title Minimal time required to charge a quantum system
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16086