Nonlocal correlations in quantum energy teleportation: perspectives from their Majorana representations and information thermodynamics

Abstract

Motivated by anomalous nonlocal correlation in the Kitaev spin liquids, we propose a quantum energy teleportation protocol between remote partners Alice and Bob on a quantum spin model, and examine how its performance is characterized by Majorana fermions that clearly depict nonlocal correlations inherent in the model. In our model, Bob's energy extraction is activated by local energy injection by Alice's projective measurement and subsequent classical communication of the measurement result. We derive two formulae: one for the maximally extracted energy by the protocol and the other for the maximum of energy reduction at Bob's local site. We find that the extracted energy becomes positive when a nonlocal correlator defined by Majorana fermions at Alice's and Bob's sites is finite. We also find that the amount of the energy reduction becomes positive when another nonlocal Majorana correlator is finite. In both formulae, the correlators appear as a result of Bob's feedback unitary operation. We discuss effective information-thermodynamical aspects behind the protocol at zero temperature.