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Shunsuke Kamimura1,2, Hideaki Hakoshima1,3, Yuichiro Matsuzaki1
1Research Center for Emerging Computing Technologies, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
Abstract:
We propose a quantum-enhanced heat engine with entanglement. The key feature of our scheme is superabsorption, which facilitates enhanced energy absorption by entangled qubits. Whereas a conventional engine with N separable qubits provides power with a scaling of P=Θ(N), our engine uses superabsorption to provide power with a quantum scaling of P=Θ(N^{2}). This quantum heat engine also exhibits a scaling advantage over classical ones composed of N-particle Langevin systems. Our work elucidates the quantum properties allowing for the enhancement of performance.
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