Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process

Exact results about the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of open quantum systems at arbitrary timescales are obtained by considering all possible variations of initial conditions of a system. First we obtain a quantum-information theoretic equality for entropy production, valid for an arbitrary initial...

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Main Authors: Riechers, Paul M., Gu, Mile
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1511112023-02-28T19:24:46Z Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process Riechers, Paul M. Gu, Mile School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Complexity Institute Science::Physics Irreversible Processes Nonequilibrium and Irreversible Thermodynamics Exact results about the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of open quantum systems at arbitrary timescales are obtained by considering all possible variations of initial conditions of a system. First we obtain a quantum-information theoretic equality for entropy production, valid for an arbitrary initial joint state of system and environment. For any finite-time process with a fixed initial environment, we then show that the system's loss of distinction—relative to the minimally dissipative state—exactly quantifies its thermodynamic dissipation. The quantum component of this dissipation is the change in coherence relative to the minimally dissipative state. Implications for quantum state preparation and local control are explored. For nonunitary processes—like the preparation of any particular quantum state—we find that mismatched expectations lead to divergent dissipation as the actual initial state becomes orthogonal to the anticipated one. Ministry of Education (MOE) National Research Foundation (NRF) Published version We are grateful to Felix Binder, Alec Boyd, Artemy Kolchinsky, Gabriel Landi, Varun Narasimhachar, and David Wolpert for useful discussions relevant to this work. This research is supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore, under its NRFF Fellow program (Award No. NRF-NRFF2016-02), the Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 grant RG146/20, FQXi-RFP-IPW-1903 from the foundational Questions Institute and Fetzer Franklin Fund, a donor advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the National Research Foundation, Singapore. 2021-06-29T03:37:57Z 2021-06-29T03:37:57Z 2021 Journal Article Riechers, P. M. & Gu, M. (2021). Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process. Physical Review E, 103(4), 042145-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042145 2470-0045 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151111 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.042145 34005943 2-s2.0-85105382651 4 103 042145 en NRF-NRFF2016-02 RG146/20 Physical Review E © 2021 American Physical Society (APS). Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. application/pdf
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topic Science::Physics
Irreversible Processes
Nonequilibrium and Irreversible Thermodynamics
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Irreversible Processes
Nonequilibrium and Irreversible Thermodynamics
Riechers, Paul M.
Gu, Mile
Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
description Exact results about the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of open quantum systems at arbitrary timescales are obtained by considering all possible variations of initial conditions of a system. First we obtain a quantum-information theoretic equality for entropy production, valid for an arbitrary initial joint state of system and environment. For any finite-time process with a fixed initial environment, we then show that the system's loss of distinction—relative to the minimally dissipative state—exactly quantifies its thermodynamic dissipation. The quantum component of this dissipation is the change in coherence relative to the minimally dissipative state. Implications for quantum state preparation and local control are explored. For nonunitary processes—like the preparation of any particular quantum state—we find that mismatched expectations lead to divergent dissipation as the actual initial state becomes orthogonal to the anticipated one.
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title Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
title_short Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
title_full Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
title_fullStr Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
title_full_unstemmed Initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
title_sort initial-state dependence of thermodynamic dissipation for any quantum process
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