Stabilizing Open Quantum Batteries by Sequential Measurements
arXiv:1910.02458 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013095
Abstract
A quantum battery is a work reservoir that stores energy in quantum degrees of freedom. When immersed in an environment an open quantum battery needs to be stabilized against free energy leakage into the environment. For this purpose we here propose a simple protocol that relies on projective measurement and obeys a second-law like inequality for the battery entropy production rate.
5+5 pages, 3+2 figures