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Published on: September 5, 2019
Entanglement, Coherence, and Extractable Work in Quantum Batteries
Hai-Long Shi1,2,3, Shu Ding1, Qing-Kun Wan2,3
1School of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China.
Abstract:
We investigate the connection between quantum resources and extractable work in quantum batteries. We demonstrate that quantum coherence in the battery or the battery-charger entanglement is a necessary resource for generating nonzero extractable work during the charging process. At the end of the charging process, we also establish a tight link of coherence and entanglement with the final extractable work: coherence naturally promotes the coherent work while coherence and entanglement inhibit the incoherent work. We also show that obtaining maximally coherent work is faster than obtaining maximally incoherent work. Examples ranging from the central-spin battery and the Tavis-Cummings battery to the spin-chain battery are given to illustrate these results.
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