Global optimisation of the control strategy of a Brownian information Engine: Efficient information-energy exchange in a generalised potential energy surface

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Autori principali: Rafeek, Rafna, Mondal, Debasish
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author Rafeek, Rafna
Mondal, Debasish
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Mondal, Debasish
contents An information engine harnesses energy from a single heat bath, utilising the gathered information. This study explores the best control strategy of a Brownian information engine (BIE), confined in a potential energy surface (PES) of arbitrary shape, and experiencing a measurement outcome-based feedback cycle. The feedback site corresponds to an instantaneous shift in the potential centre to an additional feedback distance over the measurement outcome. The strategy for the most efficient information-to-energy conversion is achieved when the position of the global potential minimum corresponds to the additional feedback distance. The BIE acts as a heater if and only if the average potential energy is higher than the energy at the additional feedback distance. Operating under confinement PES of different shapes, the BIE can harness energy beyond the average potential energy, and multiple heater-refrigerator re-entrance events are feasible. The consequences of the best control strategy are explained using sufficient examples.
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spellingShingle Global optimisation of the control strategy of a Brownian information Engine: Efficient information-energy exchange in a generalised potential energy surface
Rafeek, Rafna
Mondal, Debasish
Soft Condensed Matter
An information engine harnesses energy from a single heat bath, utilising the gathered information. This study explores the best control strategy of a Brownian information engine (BIE), confined in a potential energy surface (PES) of arbitrary shape, and experiencing a measurement outcome-based feedback cycle. The feedback site corresponds to an instantaneous shift in the potential centre to an additional feedback distance over the measurement outcome. The strategy for the most efficient information-to-energy conversion is achieved when the position of the global potential minimum corresponds to the additional feedback distance. The BIE acts as a heater if and only if the average potential energy is higher than the energy at the additional feedback distance. Operating under confinement PES of different shapes, the BIE can harness energy beyond the average potential energy, and multiple heater-refrigerator re-entrance events are feasible. The consequences of the best control strategy are explained using sufficient examples.
title Global optimisation of the control strategy of a Brownian information Engine: Efficient information-energy exchange in a generalised potential energy surface
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17546