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Experimental realization of a Szilard engine with a single electron.


ABSTRACT: The most succinct manifestation of the second law of thermodynamics is the limitation imposed by the Landauer principle on the amount of heat a Maxwell demon (MD) can convert into free energy per single bit of information obtained in a measurement. We propose and realize an electronic MD based on a single-electron box operated as a Szilard engine, where kBT ln 2 of heat is extracted from the reservoir at temperature T per one bit of created information. The information is encoded in the position of an extra electron in the box.

SUBMITTER: Koski JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4183300 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Experimental realization of a Szilard engine with a single electron.

Koski Jonne V JV   Maisi Ville F VF   Pekola Jukka P JP   Averin Dmitri V DV  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140908 38


The most succinct manifestation of the second law of thermodynamics is the limitation imposed by the Landauer principle on the amount of heat a Maxwell demon (MD) can convert into free energy per single bit of information obtained in a measurement. We propose and realize an electronic MD based on a single-electron box operated as a Szilard engine, where kBT ln 2 of heat is extracted from the reservoir at temperature T per one bit of created information. The information is encoded in the position  ...[more]

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