Eric Lutz
University of Stuttgart
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020 / 10:00-10:30 CEST
Information Gain and Loss for a Quantum Maxwell’s Demon
We use continuous weak measurements of a driven superconducting qubit to experimentally study the information dynamics of a quantum Maxwell’s demon. We show how information gained by a demon who can track single quantum trajectories of the qubit can be converted into work using quantum coherent feedback. We verify the validity of a quantum fluctuation theorem with feedback by utilizing information obtained along single trajectories. We demonstrate, in particular, that quantum backaction can lead to a loss of information in imperfect measurements. We furthermore probe the transition between information gain and loss by varying the initial purity of the qubit.