Thermodynamic approach to quantum cooling limit of continuous Gaussian feedback

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Main Authors: Kumasaki, Kousuke, Yada, Toshihiro, Funo, Ken, Sagawa, Takahiro
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Published: 2025
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author Kumasaki, Kousuke
Yada, Toshihiro
Funo, Ken
Sagawa, Takahiro
author_facet Kumasaki, Kousuke
Yada, Toshihiro
Funo, Ken
Sagawa, Takahiro
contents Feedback cooling plays a critical role in stabilizing quantum systems and achieving low temperatures, where a key question is to determine the fundamental thermodynamic limits on cooling performance. We establish a fundamental bound on quantum feedback cooling in Gaussian systems, by deriving a generalized second law of thermodynamics involving the kinetic temperatures of the system and a measure of quantum information flow obtained by continuous measurement. In contrast to previously known bounds, the obtained bound can be saturated by experimentally feasible situations using the quantum Kalman filter with a large feedback gain, where the cooling efficiency approaches its maximum. Our theoretical result is numerically demonstrated using parameters from an experiment of levitated nanoparticles. Our theory provides a general framework for understanding the thermodynamic constraints on quantum feedback cooling.
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spellingShingle Thermodynamic approach to quantum cooling limit of continuous Gaussian feedback
Kumasaki, Kousuke
Yada, Toshihiro
Funo, Ken
Sagawa, Takahiro
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Feedback cooling plays a critical role in stabilizing quantum systems and achieving low temperatures, where a key question is to determine the fundamental thermodynamic limits on cooling performance. We establish a fundamental bound on quantum feedback cooling in Gaussian systems, by deriving a generalized second law of thermodynamics involving the kinetic temperatures of the system and a measure of quantum information flow obtained by continuous measurement. In contrast to previously known bounds, the obtained bound can be saturated by experimentally feasible situations using the quantum Kalman filter with a large feedback gain, where the cooling efficiency approaches its maximum. Our theoretical result is numerically demonstrated using parameters from an experiment of levitated nanoparticles. Our theory provides a general framework for understanding the thermodynamic constraints on quantum feedback cooling.
title Thermodynamic approach to quantum cooling limit of continuous Gaussian feedback
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04270