Thermodynamics of Gambling Demons

Gonzalo Manzano*, Diego Subero, Olivier Maillet, Rosario Fazio, Jukka P. Pekola, Edgar Roldan

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Abstract

We introduce and realize demons that follow a customary gambling strategy to stop a nonequilibrium process at stochastic times. We derive second-law-like inequalities for the average work done in the presence of gambling, and universal stopping-time fluctuation relations for classical and quantum nonstationary stochastic processes. We test experimentally our results in a single-electron box, where an electrostatic potential drives the dynamics of individual electrons tunneling into a metallic island. We also discuss the role of coherence in gambling demons measuring quantum jump trajectories.

Original languageEnglish
Article number080603
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume126
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2021
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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