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  07.02.2025 Publication      [author's view]
Universal validity of the second law of information thermodynamics
Adiabatic measurements, followed by feedback and erasure protocols, have often been considered as a model to embody Maxwell’s Demon paradox and to study the interplay between thermodynamics and information processing. Such studies have led to the conclusion, now widely accepted in the community, that Maxwell’s Demon and the second law of thermodynamics can peacefully coexist because any gain provided by the demon must be offset by the cost of performing the measurement and resetting the demon’s memory to its initial state. Statements of this kind are collectively referred to as second laws of information thermodynamics and have recently been extended to include quantum theoretical scenarios. However, previous studies in this direction have made several assumptions, particularly about the feedback process and the demon’s memory readout, and thus arrived at statements that are not universally applicable and whose range of validity is not clear. In this work, we fill this gap by precisely characterizing the full range of quantum feedback control and erasure protocols that are overall consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. This leads us to conclude that the second law of information thermodynamics is indeed universal: it must hold for any quantum feedback control and erasure protocol, regardless of the measurement process involved, as long as the protocol is overall compatible with thermodynamics. Our comprehensive analysis not only encompasses new scenarios but also retrieves previous ones, doing so with fewer assumptions. This simplification contributes to a clearer understanding of the theory.
by Shintaro Minagawa, M. Hamed Mohammady, Kenta Sakai, Kohtaro Kato, Francesco Buscemi
npj Quantum Information 11, 18 (2025) | +++ |
IMPULZ project No. IM-2023-79 (OPQUT), VEGA 2/0183/21 (DESCOM), APVV-22-0570 (DeQHOST)
  05.02.2025 Job opening
Become PhD student in quantum technologies and foundations
Want to understand quantum foundations, run quantum computers, build quantum systems, use quantum networks, or encrypt quantum messages? Interested to join our research team for four years of you life? It is the time it takes to do the research and become expert (with PhD title) in quantum simulations, or optical quantum communication networks, or quantum security, or foundations of quantum phenomena. All of these fields are waiting for your contribution. Currently, we have open several PhD positions at our Institute. We are open for your email ideally before 10/03/2025. As for the first step please get in contact with a potential PhD advisor (send him your cv, motivation letter and contacts to potential references), discuss the subject and follow his/her instructions. Do not wait until the submission deadline and do this as soon as possible. If you are uncertain who to contact, just choose any of us. We are all happy to help. \ΞΞΞ
  03.02.2025 Job opening
A post-doc in spin-based quantum computing theory ΞΞΞ
A post-doc in spin-based quantum computing theory with semiconducting devices made from group-IV elements (Ge and Si). The position is partially funded by the EU QuantERA project GeMOS (see https://gemos.physics.sk). The postdoc is expected to work on some of the topics related to the GeMOS project, which include:
1. K-dot-p theory based models of spin qubits in lateral gated quantum dots. Investigations of principles of qubit operations, noise effects on qubit fidelities, and designs of improved and robust qubits. The topic will require knowledge of semiconductor physics, group representation theory, simple perturbation theory, and similar analytical tools.
2. Molecular dynamics of semiconductor-oxide interface. Numerical simulations of the oxide condensation process based on force-field data. The topic will require numerical simulations and collaboration with colleagues working with DFT tools.
3. Numerical 3D simulations of complex nano-devices using commercial or in-house software. The goal is to obtain realistic profiles of strain and electrostatic confinement within the active volume of the device and, based on them, interpret the qubit performance observed in experiments. The topic will require discussions with experimentalists and will include analysis of measured data. Apply here
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Alessandro Bisio (Pavia)
Quantum simulation of scattering processes
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26.06-26.07 Che-Pin Hsu (Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan), *mobiQUTE
26.06-26.07 Wun-Hao Kang (Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan), *mobiQUTE
03.07-12.07 João Victor Ferreira Alves (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
08.07-22.07 Vadym Shvydkyi (student)
19.08-13.09 Manuel Schneider (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan) , *mobiQUTE