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    Near-perfect superabsorption in a disordered Dicke quantum battery

    Xing-Liang Dong1, Peng-Bo Li2, and Yun-Feng Xiao1,*

    • 1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    • 2Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

    • *Contact author: yfxiao@pku.edu.cn

    Phys. Rev. A 113, 043701 – Published 1 April, 2026

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/tq5r-9gnv

    Abstract

    Dicke quantum batteries harness the collective effects of high-power charging, yet whether robust, near-perfect superabsorption can persist under mesoscopic disorder and limited global control in realistic solid-state platforms remains unclear. Using reinforcement learning (RL), we identify a time-dependent cavity frequency that enables efficient and robust charging of disordered Tavis-Cummings (Dicke-type) batteries, yielding an ensemble-averaged normalized ergotropy exceeding 0.97 with fluctuations below 0.02. We demonstrate superlinear scaling of the charging power for charging times scaling as T∝N−1/2. Notably, the learned controls are well described by simple few-segment, single-sweep ramps reminiscent of multilevel Landau-Zener driving, under which the dynamics remains concentrated in the collective bright manifold. Exploiting this feature, we introduce a truncated total-spin (J-irreducible-representation) description that faithfully captures the charging dynamics for system sizes up to N∼30. These findings demonstrate a scalable framework for designing high-performance Dicke batteries and highlight the versatility of RL in disordered many-body systems.

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