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Distribution of Fidelity in Quantum State Transfer Protocols
Salvatore Lorenzo, Francesco Plastina, Tony J. G. Apollaro +2
Quantum state transfer protocols are a major toolkit in many quantum information processing tasks, from quantum key distribution to quantum computation. To assess performance of a…
Assessing Quantum Computing Performance for Energy Optimization in a Prosumer Community
Carlo Mastroianni, Francesco Plastina, Luigi Scarcello +2
The efficient management of energy communities relies on the solution of the "prosumer problem", i.e., the problem of scheduling the household loads on the basis of the user needs,…
Variational Gibbs State Preparation on NISQ devices
Mirko Consiglio, Jacopo Settino, Andrea Giordano +6
The preparation of an equilibrium thermal state of a quantum many-body system on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices is an important task in order to extend the range o…
Entangled States are Harder to Transfer than Product States
Tony J. G. Apollaro, Salvatore Lorenzo, Francesco Plastina +2
The distribution of entangled states is a key task of utmost importance for many quantum information processing protocols. A commonly adopted setup for distributing quantum states…
A hybrid classical-quantum approach to speed-up Q-learning
A. Sannia, A. Giordano, N. Lo Gullo +2
We introduce a classical-quantum hybrid approach to computation, allowing for a quadratic performance improvement in the decision process of a learning agent. In particular, a quan…
Quantum transfer of interacting qubits
Tony J. G. Apollaro, Salvatore Lorenzo, Francesco Plastina +2
The transfer of quantum information between different locations is key to many quantum information processing tasks. Whereas, the transfer of a single qubit state has been extensiv…
Quantum map approach to entanglement transfer and generation in spin chains
S. Lorenzo, F. Plastina, M. Consiglio +1
Quantum information processing protocols are efficiently implemented on spin- networks. A quantum communication protocol generally involves a certain number of parties…
Quantum Coherence and Ergotropy
Gianluca Francica, Felix C. Binder, Giacomo Guarnieri +3
Constraints on work extraction are fundamental to our operational understanding of the thermodynamics of both classical and quantum systems. In the quantum setting, finite-time con…
Non-equilibrium steady-states of memoryless quantum collision models
Giacomo Guarnieri, Daniele Morrone, Barış Çakmak +2
We investigate the steady state properties arising from the open system dynamics described by a memoryless (Markovian) quantum collision model, corresponding to a master equation i…
Momentum-resolved spectroscopy of a 1D superfluid using a single atomic impurity
Francesco Cosco, Massimo Borrelli, Francesco Plastina +1
We present a general and non-invasive probing scheme to perform full momentum-resolved spectroscopy of a cold atomic gas loaded into an optical lattice using a single quantum impur…
Optimal work extraction and thermodynamics of quantum measurements and correlations
Gonzalo Manzano, Francesco Plastina, Roberta Zambrini
We analyze the role of indirect quantum measurements in work extraction from quantum systems in nonequilibrium states. In particular, we focus on the work that can be obtained by e…
The role of quantum work statistics in many-body physics
John Goold, Francesco Plastina, Andrea Gambassi +1
In this contribution, we aim to illustrate how quantum work statistics can be used as a tool in order to gain insight on the universal features of non-equilibrium many-body systems…
The role of coherence in the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of quantum systems
G. Francica, J. Goold, F. Plastina
Exploiting the relative entropy of coherence, we isolate the coherent contribution in the energetics of a driven non-equilibrium quantum system. We prove that a division of the irr…
Universal scaling of a classical impurity in the quantum Ising chain
Tony J. G. Apollaro, Gianluca Francica, Domenico Giuliano +3
We study finite size scaling for the magnetic observables of an impurity residing at the endpoint of an open quantum Ising chain in a transverse magnetic field, realized by locally…
Bose-Hubbard lattice as a controllable environment for open quantum systems
Francesco Cosco, Massimo Borrelli, Juan José Mendoza-Arenas +3
We investigate the open dynamics of an atomic impurity embedded in a one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard lattice. We derive the reduced evolution equation for the impurity and show that t…
Quantum Critical Scaling under Periodic Driving
Salvatore Lorenzo, Jamir Marino, Francesco Plastina +2
Universality is key to the theory of phase transition stating that the equilibrium properties of observables near a phase transition can be classified according to few critical exp…
Daemonic Ergotropy: Enhanced Work Extraction from Quantum Correlations
Gianluca Francica, John Goold, Mauro Paternostro +1
We investigate how the presence of quantum correlations can influence work extraction in closed quantum systems, establishing a new link between the field of quantum non-equilibriu…
Quantum Zeno effect and non-Markovianity in a three-level system
Antti Karlsson, Francesco Francica, Jyrki Piilo +1
We study the coexistence of the quantum Zeno effect and non-Markovianity for a system decaying in a structured bosonic environment and subject to a control field. The interaction w…
Momentum-Resolved and Correlations Spectroscopy Using Quantum Probes
Francesco Cosco, Massimo Borrelli, Francesco Plastina +1
We address some key conditions under which many-body lattice models, intended mainly as simulated condensed matter systems, can be investigated via immersed, fully controllable qua…
Quantum Otto cycle with inner friction: finite-time and disorder effects
A. Alecce, F. Galve, N. Lo Gullo +3
The concept of inner friction, by which a quantum heat engine is unable to follow adiabatically its strokes and thus dissipates useful energy, is illustrated in an exact physical m…
Transfer of arbitrary two qubit states via a spin chain
S. Lorenzo, T. J. G. Apollaro, S. Paganelli +2
We investigate the fidelity of the quantum state transfer (QST) of two qubits by means of an arbitrary spin-1/2 network, on a lattice of any dimensionality. Under the assumptions t…
Irreversible work and inner friction in quantum thermodynamic processes
F. Plastina, A. Alecce, T. J. G. Apollaro +5
We discuss the thermodynamics of closed quantum systems driven out of equilibrium by a change in a control parameter and undergoing a unitary process. We compare the work actually…
Many-qubit quantum state transfer via spin chains
T. J. G. Apollaro, S. Lorenzo, A. Sindona +3
The transfer of an unknown quantum state, from a sender to a receiver, is one of the main requirements to perform quantum information processing tasks. In this respect, the state t…
Competition between memory-keeping and memory-erasing decoherence channels
Tony J. G. Apollaro, Salvatore Lorenzo, Carlo Di Franco +2
We study the competing effects of simultaneous Markovian and non-Markovian decoherence mechanisms acting on a single spin. We show the existence of a threshold in the relative stre…