Fig. 4: KDQ distribution P(W) of work for different values of the evolution time t.
From: Interferometry of quantum correlation functions to access quasiprobability distribution of work
The horizontal dashed lines correspond to the data shown in Fig. 3b. Top (bottom) panels show the real (imaginary) part of P(W). The left panels indicate the experimental results, obtained by doing a Fourier analysis of the measured characteristic function. The right panels denote the distribution obtained by simulating the KDQ qif for a qubit that evolves under H(t) [Eq. (8)], then calculating the characteristic function, and finally applying a Fourier analysis. There are no fitted parameters between experiments and simulations.
