Erasing, converting, and communicating: The power of resource-nongenerating operations
Phys. Rev. A 113, 042441 – Published 17 April, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/fp7p-5zw8
Abstract
We investigate resource nongenerating operations in both static and dynamical quantum resource theories. For the static scenarios, we derive a sufficient condition for state transformations under resource nongenerating operations. Then we construct a dynamical resource theory where resource nongenerating operations constitute the set of free operations, and we propose an axiomatic approach to quantify the dynamical resource. We further analyze the erasure of the dynamical resources. As applications, we establish bounds on the rate of state conversions under resource nongenerating operations in a generic convex resource theory and obtain capacity bounds for classical communication tasks assisted by dynamical coherence. Our results clarify the key roles of resource nongenerating operations in quantum information processing tasks.
