Journal
QUANTUM
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
VEREIN FORDERUNG OPEN ACCESS PUBLIZIERENS QUANTENWISSENSCHAF
DOI: 10.22331/q-2021-07-13-500
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- European Research Council Starting Grant ODYSSEY [758403]
- SFI-Royal Society University Research Fellowship
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (Spain) [PGC2018097328-B-100]
- Fundacion Seneca (Murcia, Spain) [19882/GERM/15]
- Science Foundation Ireland
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This study investigates the non-equilibrium dynamics of energy transfer to storage devices or batteries at the quantum scale using quantum feedback control methods. The results show that linear feedback can stabilize and effectively charge batteries, counteracting the influence of environmental noise.
Energy storage is a basic physical process with many applications. When considering this task at the quantum scale, it becomes important to optimise the non-equilibrium dynamics of energy transfer to the storage device or battery. Here, we tackle this problem using the methods of quantum feedback control. Specifically, we study the deposition of energy into a quantum battery via an auxiliary charger. The latter is a driven-dissipative two-level system subjected to a homodyne measurement whose output signal is fed back linearly into the driving field amplitude. We explore two different control strategies, aiming to stabilise either populations or quantum coherences in the state of the charger. In both cases, linear feedback is shown to counteract the randomising influence of environmental noise and allow for stable and effective battery charging. We analyse the effect of realistic control imprecisions, demonstrating that this good performance survives inefficient measurements and small feedback delays. Our results highlight the potential of continuous feedback for the control of energetic quantities in the quantum regime.
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