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Md Manirul Ali

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Coherence thermometry using multipartite quantum systems

Accurate temperature measurement at the quantum scale is becoming increasingly important for emerging quantum technologies, motivating the development of quantum thermometry based on quantum resources. In this work, we investigate how finite environmental temperature influences the coherence dynamics of multipartite quantum systems and examine whether quantum coherence can serve as a temperature sensitive observable. We consider a tripartite spin-boson model interacting with finite temperature dephasing environments under two physically distinct reservoir configurations, namely local and common environments. The dynamics of representative tripartite pure and mixed states are quantified using the relative entropy of coherence. Our results show that local dephasing produces a universal monotonic decay of coherence, with increasing temperature accelerating decoherence for all states. In contrast, common dephasing generates a markedly state dependent thermal response. Under common dephasing, the $\vert GHZ \rangle$ and $\vert Star\rangle$ states undergo complete coherence loss, the $\vert W\rangle$ state exhibits temperature independent stationary coherence, and the $\vert W\overline{W}\rangle$ state retains finite residual coherence at long times. Similar state dependent behaviour is also observed for mixed states. These results demonstrate that the thermal susceptibility of quantum coherence is governed jointly by the environmental configuration and the internal architecture of the multipartite quantum state. Furthermore, we establish a direct coherence temperature correspondence through representative thermometry tables, providing a \textit{proof-of-principle} foundation for coherence based quantum thermometry.

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Near-perfect Noisy Quantum State Teleportation

Achieving high fidelity of quantum teleportation (QT) in a noisy environment is an essential requirement for its real-world applications. To this end, we devise a distinctive protocol for ensuring teleportation fidelity {\it close to unity}, hinging essentially on the timing of Alice's Bell-basis measurement (BM) dependent on the choice of Bob's local noise parameters, but is independent of Alice's local noise. Our scheme is enabled by Alice communicating to Bob only two of the BM outcomes corresponding to the states that are decoherence-free under common dephasing at Alice's wing. On the other hand, Bob is asked to discard the states of his qubit for the other two BM outcomes in order to maximize fidelity of the teleported state. This ensures the teleportation fidelity's independence of noise parameters in Alice's wing. We formulate the protocol in terms of a generic two-level quantum system, subjected to non-Markovian dephasing noise, applicable for any pure maximally/non-maximally entangled state as well as a Werner-type mixed state as resource. Notably, we show that high fidelity is achievable even using resource states with small values of the entanglement measure. Remarkably, even within the local regime of Werner states, where Bell-CHSH inequalities are not violated, the teleportation fidelity remains significantly high. Finally, we discuss the empirical feasibility of our scheme using photonic qubits.

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Quantum thermodynamics in nonequilibrium

Understanding thermodynamics far from equilibrium at the quantum scale remains a fundamental challenge, particularly in the presence of quantum coherence. Here we develop a first-principles framework for nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics by integrating quantum resource theory of coherence with thermodynamic laws. We derive a previously unexplored entropy balance relation that explicitly separates entropy flux due to heat exchange from entropy production arising from the loss of quantum coherence. This formulation identifies the appropriate thermodynamic entropy in nonequilibrium quantum processes as the energy entropy associated with energy measurements, demonstrating that the von Neumann entropy does not, in general, represent thermodynamic entropy away from equilibrium. Within this framework, dynamical temperature, free energy, work, and heat are consistently defined, and both the first and second laws are shown to hold far from equilibrium. Applying the theory to an exactly solvable open quantum system, we reveal how equilibrium thermodynamics emerges dynamically in the weak-coupling limit. Our results establish a unified and operational foundation for nonequilibrium quantum thermodynamics and clarify the fundamental thermodynamic role of quantum coherence.

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Certified Quantumness via Single-Shot Temporal Measurements

Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem states that a non-contextual hidden-variable theory cannot completely reproduce the predictions of quantum mechanics. Asher Peres gave a remarkably simple proof of quantum contextuality in a four-dimensional Hilbert space of two spin-1/2 particles. Peres's argument is enormously simpler than that of Kochen and Specker. Peres contextuality demonstrates a logical contradiction between quantum mechanics and the noncontextual hidden variable models by showing an inconsistency when assigning noncontextual definite values to a certain set of quantum observables. In this work, we present a similar proof in time with a temporal version of the Peres-like argument. In analogy with the two-particle version of Peres's argument in the context of spin measurements at two different locations, we examine here single-particle spin measurements at two different times $t=t_1$ and $t=t_2$. We adopt three classical assumptions for time-separated measurements, which are demonstrated to conflict with quantum mechanical predictions. Consequently, we provide a non-probabilistic proof of certified quantumness in time, without relying on inequalities, demonstrating that our approach can certify the quantumness of a device through single-shot, time-separated measurements. Our results can be experimentally verified with the present quantum technology.

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Environment engineering to protect quantum coherence in tripartite systems under dephasing noise

The practical success of quantum technology hinges on sustaining quantum coherence, which is vulnerable to environmental interactions causing decoherence. We investigate coherence in tripartite quantum systems under the influence of noisy environment. In this study, we explore the dynamics of the relative entropy of coherence for tripartite pure and mixed states in the presence of structured dephasing environments at finite temperatures. Our findings demonstrate that the system's resilience to decoherence is strongly influenced by the bath type and configuration. Specifically, when each qubit interacts with an independent environment, the coherence dynamics differ from those observed in a shared bath setting. In a Markov, memoryless environment, coherence in both pure and mixed states decay faster, whereas coherence is preserved for longer time in the presence of environment memory. This highlights the crucial role of environment memory in enhancing the robustness of tripartite coherence.

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Interplay of Quantum Coherence and Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport: An Exact Density Matrix Formulation in the Heisenberg Framework

We aim to bridge the gap between quantum coherence, quantum correlations, and nonequilibrium quantum transport in a quantum double-dot (QDD) system interacting with fermionic reservoirs. The system-reservoir coupling is modeled using a Fano-Anderson-type Hamiltonian. The density operator elements of the QDD system are expressed in terms of expectation values involving various combinations of the fermionic creation and annihilation operators associated with the system. By utilizing the quantum Langevin equation and the Heisenberg equation of motion, we derive the precise temporal behavior of these operator averages in terms of nonequilibrium Green's functions and subsequently obtain the time evolution of the density operator elements. Our approach is valid in both the strong coupling and non-Markovian regimes. Additionally, we examine the time evolution of quantum coherence in the QDD system, quantifying it using standard measures such as the l1-norm and the relative entropy of coherence. As observed, coherence reaches a non-zero steady-state value, highlighting its significant potential for applications in quantum information processing and quantum technologies. Furthermore, we establish a connection between quantum coherence and transport current in a QDD system serially coupled to fermionic reservoirs. We then investigate the effects of coupling strength and reservoir memory by tuning the finite spectral width of the reservoir, examining their impact on both transient and steady-state properties, such as quantum coherence and particle current, which could play a crucial role in ultrafast nanodevice applications.

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Quantumness of electron transport in quantum dot devices through Leggett-Garg inequalities: A non-equilibrium Green's function approach

Although coherent manipulation of electronic states can be achieved in quantum dot (QD) devices by harnessing nanofabrication tools, it is often hard to fathom the extent to which these nanoelectronic devices can behave quantum mechanically. Witnessing their nonclassical nature would thus remain of paramount importance in the emerging world of quantum technologies, since the coherent dynamics of electronic states plays there a crucial role. Against this backdrop, we resort to the general framework of Leggett-Garg inequalities (LGI) as it allows for distinguishing the classical and quantum transport through nanostructures by way of various two-time correlation functions. Using the local charge detection at two different time, we investigate here theoretically whether any quantum violation of the original LGI exists with varying device configurations and parameters under both Markovian and non-Markovian dynamics. Two-time correlators within LGI are derived in terms of the non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGFs) by exactly solving the quantum Langevin equations. The present study of non-Markovian dynamics of quantum systems interacting with reservoirs is significant for understanding the relaxation phenomenon in the ultrafast transient regime to especially mimic what happens to high-speed quantum devices. We can potentially capture the effect of finite reservoir correlation time by accounting for level broadening at the electrodes along with non-Markovian memory effects. Furthermore, the large bias restriction is no longer imposed in our calculations so that we can safely consider a finite bias between the electronic reservoirs. Our approach is likely to open up new possibilities of witnessing the quantumness for other quantum many-body systems as well that are driven out of the equilibrium.

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