Markovian heat engine boosted by quantum coherence

Abstract

We evaluate the role of quantum coherence as a thermodynamic resource in a noisy, Markovian, one-qubit heat engine. By consuming the coherence of noisy quantum states, we demonstrate that the engine can surpass the classical efficiency limit when operating according to a quantum Otto cycle. The engine's non-classical nature is demonstrated by its violation of the Leggett-Garg's temporal correlations inequality. Amplitude damping increases the extractable work under partial thermalization, thereby increasing the efficiency. In contrast, phase damping increases the extractable work under partial thermalization but reduces the efficiency. We implement the entire Otto cycle in a quantum circuit, simulating realistic amplitude and phase damping channels, as well as gate-level noise. We introduce an operational measure of the circuit's thermodynamic cost to establish a direct link between energy consumption and information processing in quantum heat engines.

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