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Main Authors: Sarkar, Anupam, Ghosh, Sibasish
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12000
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author Sarkar, Anupam
Ghosh, Sibasish
author_facet Sarkar, Anupam
Ghosh, Sibasish
contents Storing and extracting energy using quantum degrees of freedom is a promising approach to leveraging quantum effects in energy science. Early experimental efforts have already demonstrated its potential to surpass the charging power of existing technologies. In this context, it is crucial to identify the specific quantum effects that can be exploited to design the most efficient quantum batteries and push their performance to the ultimate limit. While entanglement has often been considered a key factor in enhancing charging (or discharging) power, our findings reveal that it is not as critical as previously thought. Instead, three parameters emerge as the most significant in determining the upper bound of instantaneous charging power: the locality of the battery and charger Hamiltonians, and the maximum energy storable in a single unit cell of the battery. To derive this new bound, we have also addressed several open questions previously noted in the literature but lacks an explanation. This bound provides a foundation for designing the most powerful charger-battery systems, where combined optimization of both components offers enhancements that cannot be achieved by manipulating only one of them.
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spellingShingle Hamiltonian $k$-Locality is the Key Resource for Powerful Quantum Battery Charging
Sarkar, Anupam
Ghosh, Sibasish
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Storing and extracting energy using quantum degrees of freedom is a promising approach to leveraging quantum effects in energy science. Early experimental efforts have already demonstrated its potential to surpass the charging power of existing technologies. In this context, it is crucial to identify the specific quantum effects that can be exploited to design the most efficient quantum batteries and push their performance to the ultimate limit. While entanglement has often been considered a key factor in enhancing charging (or discharging) power, our findings reveal that it is not as critical as previously thought. Instead, three parameters emerge as the most significant in determining the upper bound of instantaneous charging power: the locality of the battery and charger Hamiltonians, and the maximum energy storable in a single unit cell of the battery. To derive this new bound, we have also addressed several open questions previously noted in the literature but lacks an explanation. This bound provides a foundation for designing the most powerful charger-battery systems, where combined optimization of both components offers enhancements that cannot be achieved by manipulating only one of them.
title Hamiltonian $k$-Locality is the Key Resource for Powerful Quantum Battery Charging
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12000