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Title: Extended quantum Maxwell demon acting over macroscopic distances

Abstract

A quantum Maxwell demon is a device that can lower the entropy of a quantum system by providing it with purity. The functionality of such a quantum demon is rooted in a quantum-mechanical SWAP operation exchanging mixed and pure states. Here, we describe the setup and performance of a quantum Maxwell demon that purifies an energy-isolated system from a distance. Our cQED-based design involves two transmon qubits, where the mixed-state target qubit is purified by a pure-state demon qubit connected via an off-resonant transmission line; this configuration naturally generates an iSWAP gate. Although less powerful than a full SWAP gate, we show that assuming the present-day performance characteristics of a cQED implementation, such an extended quantum Maxwell demon can purify the target qubit over macroscopic distances on the order of meters and tolerates elevated temperatures of the order of a few Kelvin in the transmission line.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow District (Russia); ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow District (Russia)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1488389
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1484421
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Lebedev, A. V., Lesovik, G. B., Vinokur, V. M., and Blatter, G. Extended quantum Maxwell demon acting over macroscopic distances. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214502.
Lebedev, A. V., Lesovik, G. B., Vinokur, V. M., & Blatter, G. Extended quantum Maxwell demon acting over macroscopic distances. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214502
Lebedev, A. V., Lesovik, G. B., Vinokur, V. M., and Blatter, G. Tue . "Extended quantum Maxwell demon acting over macroscopic distances". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1488389.
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abstractNote = {A quantum Maxwell demon is a device that can lower the entropy of a quantum system by providing it with purity. The functionality of such a quantum demon is rooted in a quantum-mechanical SWAP operation exchanging mixed and pure states. Here, we describe the setup and performance of a quantum Maxwell demon that purifies an energy-isolated system from a distance. Our cQED-based design involves two transmon qubits, where the mixed-state target qubit is purified by a pure-state demon qubit connected via an off-resonant transmission line; this configuration naturally generates an iSWAP gate. Although less powerful than a full SWAP gate, we show that assuming the present-day performance characteristics of a cQED implementation, such an extended quantum Maxwell demon can purify the target qubit over macroscopic distances on the order of meters and tolerates elevated temperatures of the order of a few Kelvin in the transmission line.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214502},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 21,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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