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arxiv: 1802.01868 · v1 · pith:3YEB2TIBnew · submitted 2018-02-06 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech

Lossless Brownian information engine

classification ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech
keywords informationengineworkboundbrownianerror-freefeedbackgeneralized
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We report on a lossless information engine that converts nearly all available information from an error-free feedback protocol into mechanical work. Combining high-precision detection at resolution of 1 nm with ultrafast feedback control, the engine is tuned to extract the maximum work from information on the position of a Brownian particle. We show that the work produced by the engine achieves a bound set by a generalized second law of thermodynamics, demonstrating for the first time the sharpness of this bound. We validate a generalized Jarzynski equality for error-free feedback-controlled information engines.

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