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quant-ph2026

Position- and Momentum-Space Quantum Information Measures of the Double-Morse Oscillator

Firoz Chogle, Ernesto Damiani, Berihu Teklu

We investigate the quantum-information properties of a particle confined by the double Morse potential in position and momentum spaces. The quasi-exact solvability of the model giv…

quant-ph2026

Efficient simulation of noisy entanglement generation

Lorenzo Brevi, Federico Grasselli, Alessandro Caraceni +3

End-to-end entanglement distribution is a key capability of upcoming quantum networks, enabling applications like distributed quantum computing, quantum sensor networks, and secure…

quant-ph2026

Enhanced quantum metrology by criticality-assisted noncommutative preparation

Ningxin Kong, Matteo G. A. Paris, Qiongyi He

Quantum criticality is a resource for quantum-enhanced metrology, but existing schemes face intrinsic limitations. These arise because using criticality directly in the encoding dy…

quant-ph2026★ 2 cited

Non-Markovianity in the Adapted Caldeira-Leggett model

Luciano Manara, Andrea Smirne, Bassano Vacchini

In this work, we investigate the non-Markovian features of the Adapted Caldeira-Leggett model, a computationally efficient framework recently proposed to capture the essential phys…

quant-ph2026★ 3 cited

Quantum communications in continuous variable systems

Michele N. Notarnicola

Nowadays, quantum communications provide a vast field of research in rapid expansion, with a huge potential impact on the future developments of quantum technologies. In particular…

quant-ph2026

Security of Binary-Modulated Optical Key Distribution Against Quantum-Enhanced Coherent Eavesdropping

Karol Łukanowski, Michał Wójcik, Stefano Olivares +2

Optical key distribution (OKD) protects the physical layer of communication links by taking advantage of the inherent noise present in the photodetection process. It allows for eff…

quant-ph2025

Temporal nonclassicality in continuous-time quantum walks

Paolo Luppi, Claudia Benedetti, Andrea Smirne

We investigate the genuinely quantum features of continuous-time quantum walks by combining a single-time and a multi-time quantifier of nonclassicality. On the one hand, we consid…

quant-ph2025

Boosting Work Extraction in Quantum Batteries via Continuous Environment Monitoring

Gabriele Cenedese, Giuliano Benenti, Dario Ferraro +1

During the charging process, interactions between a quantum battery and its charger generally generate quantum correlations, which may reduce the amount of work extractable from th…

quant-ph2025

Synchronization effects in a periodically driven two-level system

Federico Settimo, Bassano Vacchini

We study phase-synchronization in a driven two-level system coupled to a non-Markovian bosonic reservoir. The dynamics is described by treating the system-bath coupling and the coh…

quant-ph2025

Shake before use: universal enhancement of quantum thermometry by unitary driving

Emanuele Tumbiolo, Lorenzo Maccone, Chiara Macchiavello +2

Quantum thermometry aims at determining temperature with ultimate precision in the quantum regime. Standard equilibrium approaches, limited by the Quantum Fisher Information given…

quant-ph2025

Stochastic unravelings for Heisenberg picture and trace-nonpreserving dynamics

Federico Settimo, Kimmo Luoma, Dariusz Chruściński +3

Stochastic unravelings allow to efficiently simulate open system dynamics, yet their application has traditionally been restricted to master equations that preserve both Hermiticit…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Statistical phase-space complexity of continuous-variable quantum channels

Siting Tang, Francesco Albarelli, Yue Zhang +2

The statistical complexity of continuous-variable quantum states can be characterized with a quantifier defined in terms of information-theoretic quantities derived from the Husimi…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Local energy assignment for two interacting quantum thermal reservoirs

Alessandra Colla, Bassano Vacchini, Andrea Smirne

Understanding how to assign internal energy, heat, and work in quantum systems beyond weak coupling remains a central problem in quantum thermodynamics, particularly as the differe…

quant-ph2025

Control of memory effects in a spin-boson system by periodic driving

Pietro Follia, Bassano Vacchini, Heinz-Peter Breuer

We study the emergence of quantum memory effects in a spin-boson system at finite temperature driven by an external time-periodic force. Quantifying memory effects by the trace-dis…

quant-ph2025

Subradiance generation in a chain of two-level atoms with a single excitation

Nicola Piovella

Studies of subradiance in a chain N two-level atoms in the single excitation regime focused mainly on the complex spectrum of the effective Hamiltonian, identifying subradiant eige…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

A machine learning based approach to the identification of spectral densities in quantum open systems

Jessica Barr, Shreyasi Mukherjee, Alessandro Ferraro +2

We present a machine learning-based approach for characterising the environment that affects the dynamics of an open quantum system. We focus on the case of an exactly solvable spi…

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Optimizing quantum sensing networks via genetic algorithms and deep learning

Asghar Ullah, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu, Matteo G. A. Paris

We investigate the optimization of graph topologies for quantum sensing networks designed to estimate weak magnetic fields. The sensors are modeled as spin systems governed by a tr…

quant-ph2025

Quantum contextuality from measurement invasiveness

Andrea Navoni, Marco G. Genoni, Andrea Smirne

Contextuality is a defining feature that separates the quantum from the classical descriptions of physical systems. Within the marginal-scenario framework, noncontextual models are…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Optimal quantum transport on a ring via locally monitored chiral quantum walks

Sara Finocchiaro, Giovanni O. Luilli, Giuliano Benenti +2

In purely coherent transport on finite networks, destructive interference can significantly suppress transfer probabilities, which can only reach high values through careful fine-t…

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Local and global approaches to the thermodynamics of pure decoherence processes in open quantum systems

Irene Ada Picatoste, Alessandra Colla, Heinz-Peter Breuer

We study the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of pure decoherence processes in open quantum systems coupled to a thermal reservoir. We review various definitions of central quantities…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Higher-Order Adiabatic Elimination in Atom-Cavity Systems and Its Impact on Spin-Squeezing Generation

Stefano Giaccari, Giulia Dellea, Marco G. Genoni +1

Spin-squeezed states are metrologically useful quantum states where entanglement allows for enhanced sensing with respect to the standard quantum limit. Key challenges include the…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Daemonic ergotropy of Gaussian quantum states and the role of measurement-induced purification via general-dyne detection

K. H. Kua, Alessio Serafini, Marco G. Genoni

According to the Maxwell demon paradigm, additional work can be extracted from a classical or quantum system by exploiting information obtained through measurements on a correlated…

quant-ph2025

Adaptive quantum dynamics with the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo method

Raffaele Salioni, Rocco Martinazzo, Davide Emilio Galli +1

We introduce an extension of the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo (tVMC) method that adaptively controls the expressivity of the variational quantum state during the simulati…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Divisibility of dynamical maps: Schrödinger vs. Heisenberg picture

Federico Settimo, Andrea Smirne, Kimmo Luoma +3

Divisibility of dynamical maps is a central notion in the study of quantum non-Markovianity, providing a natural framework to characterize memory effects via time-local master equa…