Nonselective generalized measurements as a resource for quantum thermal machines in a double quantum dot
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2605.07124 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 8 May 2026] Title:Nonselective generalized measurements as a resource for quantum thermal machines in a double quantum dot Authors:Bruno Carvalho, Jonas F. G. Santos, Moises Rojas View a PDF of the paper titled Nonselective generalized measurements as a resource for quantum thermal machines in a double quantum dot, by Bruno Carvalho and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We investigated quantum thermal machines powered by sequential nonselective generalized measurements, taking a double quantum dot with coherent interdot tunneling as a working substance. In this platform, the competition between detuning and tunneling hybridizes the localized states and modifies the energetic response of the cycle, allowing us to analyze measurement-driven thermodynamics beyond simple diagonal qubit models. We formulate a three-stroke cycle composed of thermalization with a single reservoir and two generalized measurement channels, and derive the corresponding internal-energy and entropy variations in order to identify the operational regimes of the device. Depending on the measurement parameters, the system can operate as a heat engine, accelerator, heater, or refrigerator. We show that the introduction of tunneling not only reshapes the boundaries between these modes, but also generates refrigeration configurations that are absent in the purely detuned model. In addition, the performance maps reveal that temperature, detuning, and tunneling amplitude jointly control the most favorable regions for work extraction and cooling. Our results demonstrate that coherent interdot coupling acts as an important resource for optimizing measurement-powered quantum thermal machines and highlight double quantum dots as a promising setting for experimentally relevant implementations of measurement-assisted thermodynamic devices. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2605.07124 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2605.07124v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.07124 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Moises Rojas [view email] [v1] Fri, 8 May 2026 01:56:46 UTC (5,752 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Nonselective generalized measurements as a resource for quantum thermal machines in a double quantum dot, by Bruno Carvalho and 2 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-05 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)