arXiv:1307.5370 · Physical Review E

Jarzynski equality for quantum stochastic maps

Alexey E. Rastegin, Karol Życzkowski

Published Jan 17, 2014• 74 citations

Abstract

Jarzynski equality and related fluctuation theorems can be formulated for various setups. Such an equality was recently derived for nonunitary quantum evolutions described by unital quantum operations, i.e., for completely positive, trace-preserving maps, which preserve the maximally mixed state. We analyze here a more general case of arbitrary quantum operations on finite systems and derive the corresponding form of the Jarzynski equality. It contains a correction term due to nonunitality of the quantum map. Bounds for the relative size of this correction term are established and they are applied for exemplary systems subjected to quantum channels acting on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space.

DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.012127

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