Abstract
We consider a thermodynamic framework to quantify instrument incompatibility via a resource theory subject to thermodynamic constraints. We use the minimal thermalization time needed to erase incompatibility’s signature to measure incompatibility. Unexpectedly, this time value is equivalent to incompatibility advantage in a work extraction task. Hence, both thermalization time and extractable work can directly quantify instrument incompatibility. Finally, we show that incompatibility signatures must vanish in non-Markovian thermalization.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 170401 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| Early online date | 21 Oct 2024 |
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| Publication status | Published - 25 Oct 2024 |
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