Maximum-precision charging of multi-qubit quantum batteries

Abstract:Precision, robustness, and efficiency are central requirements for quantum technologies. We show that genuine quantum features combined with non-Gaussianity enable the simultaneous optimization of these properties in a quantum battery-charging process. Using a generalized Jaynes-Cummings interaction as a paradigmatic light-matter interaction model, we apply the Full Counting Statistics to characterize stochastic energy exchanges between a stack of qubits and a single-mode bosonic field. We demonstrate that a sequential charging protocol driven by a non-Gaussian quantum field yields high performance in charging precision, which remains maximal even under suboptimal operating conditions. Our results establish the use of non-Gaussian quantum-states in battery charging as a robust route to a quantum precision advantage over protocols based on Gaussian states, achieved through the suppression of detrimental quantum fluctuations.

Main text: 4 pages, 3 figures. Bibliography: 3 pages. Supplemental material: 26 pages, 17 figures. New details have been added in the Supplemental Material, and a few minor changes have been made in the title and in the main text

arXiv:2601.12183 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2601.12183v2 [quant-ph] for this version)

Phys. Rev. A 114, L030601 (2026)

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