A quantum battery is a work reservoir that stores energy in quantum degrees of freedom.
When immersed in an environment, an open quantum battery needs to be stabilized against …

The field of propagating quantum microwaves is a relatively new area of research that is
receiving increased attention due to its promising technological applications, both in …

We study the performance of a quantum Otto cycle using a harmonic work medium and
undergoing collisional dynamics with finite-size reservoirs. We span the dynamical regimes …

Uncovering the origin of the “arrow of time” remains a fundamental scientific challenge.
Within the framework of statistical physics, this problem was inextricably associated with the …

We characterize the energetic footprint of a two-qubit quantum gate from the perspective of
non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics. We experimentally reconstruct the statistics of …

Sadi Carnot's theorem regarding the maximum efficiency of heat engines is considered to be
of fundamental importance in thermodynamics. This theorem famously states that the …

Rich quantum effects emerge when several quantum systems are indistinguishable from the
point of view of the bath they interact with. In particular, delocalized excitations …

The second law of classical equilibrium thermodynamics, based on the positivity of entropy
production, asserts that any process occurs only in a direction that some information may be …

We investigate the Markovian time evolution of the entropy production rate as a measure of
irreversibility created in a quantum system consisting of two coupled bosonic modes …

The entropy production in dissipative processes is the essence of the arrow of time and the
second law of thermodynamics. For dissipation of quantum systems, it was recently shown …