Dephasing-powered open quantum-dot battery
Abstract
We propose a simple realization of an open quantum battery powered by local dephasing. The setup consists of a triple-quantum-dot chain coupled at one end to a thermal reservoir, with the dot at the opposite end strongly detuned to form a high-energy storage element. Local dephasing populates this highly excited state and autonomously drives the system into a nonequilibrium steady state with high ergotropic efficiency. We find a limit where the ergotropic efficiency approaches unity, while the ergotropy itself approaches one-third of the energy detuning. We characterize the battery through its energy-storage performance, charging time, and stability, showing that the charged state remains long-lived after the dephasing source is switched off. We then demonstrate two complementary protocols for extracting the stored energy. First, nearly all the available ergotropy can be recovered through a simple cyclic unitary protocol involving only modulation of the detuned-dot gate. Second, coupling the detuned dot to an electronic load allows the extraction of electrochemical work exceeding the initial ergotropy, thereby accessing part of the battery's passive energy. Our results establish local dephasing as an autonomous resource for charging open quantum batteries and demonstrate simple routes for extracting the resulting stored energy in experimentally accessible mesoscopic platforms.
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BibTeX
@misc{singh2026dephasingpowered,
title = {{Dephasing-powered open quantum-dot battery}},
author = {Alok Nath Singh and Rafael Sánchez and Andrew N. Jordan},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.33408},
eprint = {2610.33408},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33408},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Dephasing-powered open quantum-dot battery
AU - Alok Nath Singh
AU - Rafael Sánchez
AU - Andrew N. Jordan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/24
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.33408
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33408
AB - We propose a simple realization of an open quantum battery powered by local dephasing. The setup consists of a triple-quantum-dot chain coupled at one end to a thermal reservoir, with the dot at the opposite end strongly detuned to form a high-energy storage element. Local dephasing populates this highly excited state and autonomously drives the system into a nonequilibrium steady state with high ergotropic efficiency. We find a limit where the ergotropic efficiency approaches unity, while the ergotropy itself approaches one-third of the energy detuning. We characterize the battery through its energy-storage performance, charging time, and stability, showing that the charged state remains long-lived after the dephasing source is switched off. We then demonstrate two complementary protocols for extracting the stored energy. First, nearly all the available ergotropy can be recovered through a simple cyclic unitary protocol involving only modulation of the detuned-dot gate. Second, coupling the detuned dot to an electronic load allows the extraction of electrochemical work exceeding the initial ergotropy, thereby accessing part of the battery's passive energy. Our results establish local dephasing as an autonomous resource for charging open quantum batteries and demonstrate simple routes for extracting the resulting stored energy in experimentally accessible mesoscopic platforms.
ER -