Quantifying memory capacity as a quantum thermodynamic resource

• Main Authors: Narasimhachar, Varun, Thompson, Jayne, Ma, Jiajun, Gour, Gilad, Gu, Mile
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Quantum Optics; Memory Capacity; DRNTU::Science::Physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85422; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48311
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The information-carrying capacity of a memory is known to be a thermodynamic resource facilitating the conversion of heat to work. Szilard's engine explicates this connection through a toy example involving an energy-degenerate two-state memory. We devise a formalism to quantify the thermodynam...