Coherent superposition and entanglement are two fundamental aspects of nonclassicality. Here we provide a quantitative connection between the two on the level of operations by showing that the dynamical coherence of an operation upper bounds the dynamical entanglement that can be generated from it with the help of additional incoherent operations. In case a particular choice of monotones based on the relative entropy is used for the quantification of these dynamical resources, this bound can be achieved. In addition, we show that an analog to the entanglement potential exists on the level of operations and serves as a valid quantifier for dynamical coherence.

• Received 16 April 2020
• Revised 23 July 2020
• Accepted 3 September 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.130401