Geometric power capacity of coherent ergotropy in quantum batteries

arXiv:2607.16645 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-07-18 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-07-18

Updated: 2026-10-17

Comments: 18 pages, 9 figure

Journal ref: Phys. Rev. A 114, 042211 Published 15 October, 2026

DOI: 10.1103/37q3-92p9

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: We explore coherent ergotropy extraction in quantum batteries from a resource-geometric point of view.

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Abstract

We explore coherent ergotropy extraction in quantum batteries from a resource-geometric point of view. For an initial state ρ, we quantify the coherent extraction process by the coherent ergotropy E c(ρ) and the coherent extraction distance D c ext (ρ) between the active state σ ρ and the passive state P ρ. This defines the geometric power capacity Π c(ρ)= E c(ρ)/D c ext (ρ), which measures the coherent ergotropy released unit minimal unitary distance. We prove that, for any driving Hamiltonian satisfying |V t| at mostν, the actual coherent discharging power is bounded by P c ext (ρ;V t) at most νΠ c(ρ), showing that Π c(ρ) is a capacity under unit driving norm rather than the power of a particular protocol. General bounds on Π c(ρ) are derived by combining relative entropy bounds on coherent ergotropy with geometric bounds on the coherent extraction distance. We also formulate coherence measure induced bounds and protocol-corrected capacities involving the effective speed of a given Hamiltonian. Qubit and qutrit examples demonstrate that Π c(ρ) captures a resource-geometric feature of coherent discharging beyond coherent ergotropy or coherence measures alone.

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