Experiments on the Thermodynamics of Information Processing

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gavrilov, Momčilo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This thesis reveals how the feedback trap technique, developed to trap small objects for biophysical measurement, could be adapted for the quantitative study of the thermodynamic properties of small systems. The experiments in this thesis are related to Maxwell’s demon, a hypothetical intelligent, “...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Feedback Trap
• Real-time Calibration of a Feedback Trap
• High-Precision Test of Landauer’s Principle
• Erasure without Work in an Asymmetric, Double-well Potential
• Thermodynamical and Logical Irreversibility
• Arbitrarily Slow, Non-quasistatic, Isothermal Transformations
• Partial Memory Erasure: Testing Shannon’s Entropy Function
• Conclusion.