Quantum Otto engine with field-decoupled idle levels in a non-Hermitian XY model

arXiv:2606.22405 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-06-21 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-06-21

Updated: 2026-09-15

Comments: 13 pages, 6 figures. All numerical calculations, symbolic verifications, and figure generation were performed using open-source Python libraries (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib). No proprietary commercial software was used in the production of this work. The complete Python source code is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request

Journal ref: APS Open Science. Vol. 1, No. 1 (2026) 000154

DOI: 10.1103/vf26-wl4f

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Gibbs State — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Decoupling — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entanglement — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Anisotropy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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