Generalized Jarzynski Equality under Nonequilibrium Feedback Control

    Takahiro Sagawa1 and Masahito Ueda1,2

    • 1Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan
    • 2ERATO Macroscopic Quantum Control Project, JST, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 090602 – Published 5 March, 2010

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.090602

    Abstract

    The Jarzynski equality is generalized to situations in which nonequilibrium systems are subject to a feedback control. The new terms that arise as a consequence of the feedback describe the mutual information content obtained by measurement and the efficacy of the feedback control. Our results lead to a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem that reflects the readout information, and they can be experimentally tested using small thermodynamic systems. We illustrate our general results by introducing an “information ratchet”, which can transport a Brownian particle in one direction and extract positive work from the particle.

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