Geometric Brownian information engine: Upper bound of the achievable work under feedback control

We design a geometric Brownian information engine by considering overdamped Brownian particles inside a two-dimensional monolobal confinement with irregular width along the transport direction. Under such detention, particles experience an effective entropic potential which has a logarithmic form. W...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2022-01, Vol.156 (1), p.014902-014902
Main Authors: Ali, Syed Yunus, Rafeek, Rafna, Mondal, Debasish
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brownian motion
Confinement
Control systems
Distribution functions
Entropy
Error analysis
Feedback control
Physics
Position measurement
Probability distribution functions
Thermal relaxation
Trapped particles
Upper bounds
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Summary:We design a geometric Brownian information engine by considering overdamped Brownian particles inside a two-dimensional monolobal confinement with irregular width along the transport direction. Under such detention, particles experience an effective entropic potential which has a logarithmic form. We employ a feedback control protocol as an outcome of error-free position measurement. The protocol comprises three stages: measurement, feedback, and relaxation. We reposition the center of the confinement to the measurement distance (xp) instantaneously when the position of the trapped particle crosses xp for the first time. Then, the particle is allowed for thermal relaxation. We calculate the extractable work, total information, and unavailable information associated with the feedback control using this equilibrium probability distribution function. We find the exact analytical value of the upper bound of extractable work as (53−2ln2)kBT. We introduce a constant force G downward to the transverse coordinate (y). A change in G alters the effective potential of the system and tunes the relative dominance of entropic and energetic contributions in it. The upper bound of the achievable work shows a crossover from (53−2ln2)kBT to 12kBT when the system changes from an entropy-dominated regime to an energy-dominated one. Compared to an energetic analog, the loss of information during the relaxation process is higher in the entropy-dominated region, which accredits the less value in achievable work. Theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the Langevin dynamics simulation studies.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/5.0069582