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Information and maximum power in a feedback controlled Brownian ratchet

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  • M. Feito
  • F. J. Cao

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Closed-loop or feedback controlled ratchets are Brownian motors that operate using information about the state of the system. For these ratchets, we compute the power output and we investigate its relation with the information used in the feedback control. We get analytical expressions for one-particle and few-particle flashing ratchets, and we find that the maximum power output has an upper bound proportional to the information. In addition, we show that the increase of the power output that results from changing the optimal open-loop ratchet to a closed-loop ratchet also has an upper bound that is linear in the information. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007

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  • M. Feito & F. J. Cao, 2007. "Information and maximum power in a feedback controlled Brownian ratchet," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 59(1), pages 63-68, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:59:y:2007:i:1:p:63-68
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00255-7
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    1. Cui, Yingxue & Ning, Lijuan, 2023. "Transport of coupled particles in fractional feedback ratchet driven by Bounded noise," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 615(C).

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