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Alvaro Alhambra

Portrait de Alvaro Alhambra
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

Area of Research:

Research Interests

I am interested in the interplay between quantum information and statistical and non-equilibrium physics, with a focus on methods inspired by the framework of resource theories.

This includes questions such as:

-Can we use the technical tools from quantum information to characterize the out of equilibrium fluctuations of quantum systems?

-How do statistical or thermal ensembles, as well as dissipation, emerge from the unitary dynamics of many body systems?

-What are the fundamental limitations of cooling quantum systems? Can were construct optimal cooling protocols?

-What is the role of different quantum resources, such as entanglement and of coherence, in the non-equilibrium physics of small systems?

Recent Publications

  • Improved thermal area law and quasi-linear time algorithm for quantum Gibbs states T Kuwahara, ÁM Alhambra, A Anshu arXiv preprint arXiv: 2007.11174
  • Time-periodic dynamics generates pseudo-random unitaries T Farshi, D Toniolo, CE González-Guillén, ÁM Alhambra, L Masanes arXiv preprint arXiv: 2007.03339
  • Revivals imply quantum many-body scars ÁM Alhambra, A Anshu, H Wilming Physical Review B 101 (20), 205107
  • Continuous groups of transversal gates for quantum error correcting codes from finite clock reference frames MP Woods, ÁM Alhambra Quantum 4, 245
  • Time evolution of correlation functions in quantum many-body systems ÁM Alhambra, J Riddell, LP García-Pintos Physical Review Letters 124 (11), 110605
  • A. M. Alhambra, L. Masanes, J. Oppenheim, and C. Perry, "Entanglement fluctuation theorems", Physical Review A, vol. 100, no. 1, p. 012317, 2019
  • A. Ortega, E. McKay, A. M. Alhambra, and E. Martin-Martinez, "Work distributions on quantum fields", Physical Review Letters, vol. 122, no. 24, p. 240604, 2019
  • Elementary thermal operations M Lostaglio, ÁM Alhambra, C Perry Quantum 2, 52
  • Fluctuating states: What is the probability of a thermodynamical transition? ÁM Alhambra, J Oppenheim, C Perry Physical Review X 6 (4), 041016
  • Fluctuating work: From quantum thermodynamical identities to a second law equality ÁM Alhambra, L Masanes, J Oppenheim, C Perry Physical Review X 6 (4), 041017
  • A. M. Alhambra, G. Styliaris, N. A. Rodriguez-Briones, J. Sikora, and E. Martin- Martinez, "Fundamental limitations to local energy extraction in quantum systems," arXiv preprint arXiv: 1902.02357, 2019
  • Heat-Bath Algorithmic Cooling with Thermal Operations ÁM Alhambra, M Lostaglio, C Perry arXiv preprint arXiv: 1807.07974