Extracting ergotropy from nonequilibrium steady states of an <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>X</mml:mi><mml:mi>X</mml:mi><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> spin-chain quantum battery
B. Mojaveri, R. Jafarzadeh Bahrbeig, M. A. Fasihi
Abstract
Coupling of a quantum battery (QB) to two thermal reservoirs brings it to a nonequilibrium steady-state (NESS). In this situation, although, the QB can be charged through the NESS heat current, no work may be extracted from it through unitary cyclic processes. We exemplify this statement by studying the two- and three-qubit $XXZ$ spin-chain QBs coupled weakly to two different thermal reservoirs in a symmetric configuration wherein each end of chain interacts with an individual reservoir. We show that the work can be extracted at positive temperature bias when two ends of a $XXZ$ chain are collectively coupled to the hot reservoir.
Topics & Concepts
Non-equilibrium thermodynamicsCoupling (piping)Chain (unit)PhysicsUnitary stateWork (physics)Spin (aerodynamics)Statistical physicsThermodynamicsAlgorithmMaterials scienceComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsMetallurgyPolitical scienceLawAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum many-body systemsQuantum and electron transport phenomena