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Inertial effects in discrete sampling information engines

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: \n\nWe describe an experiment on an underdamped mechanical oscillator used as an information engine. The system is equivalent to an inertial Brownian particle confined in a harmonic potential whose center is controlled by a feedback protocol which measures the particle position at a specific sampling frequency $1/\\tau $ . Several feedback protocols are applied and the power generated by the engine is measured as a function of the oscillator parameters and the sampling frequency. The optimal parameters are then determined. The results are compared to the theoretical predictions and numerical simulations on overdamped systems. We highlight the specific effects of inertia, which can be used to increase the amount of power extracted by the engine. In the regime of large τ, we show that the produced work has a tight bound determined by information theories.\n

Source: Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/ad8bf0/pdf

Authors: Aubin Archambault, Caroline Crauste-Thibierge, Sergio Ciliberto, Ludovic Bellon

Institutions: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Agence Nationale de la Recherche

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