Memory erasure using time-multiplexed potentials

作者:Talukdar Saurav; Bhaban Shreyas; Salapaka Murti V
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2017, 95(6): 062121.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.95.062121

摘要

We study the thermodynamics of a Brownian particle under the influence of a time-multiplexed harmonic potential of finite width. The memory storage mechanism and the erasure protocol based on time-multiplexed potentials are utilized to experimentally realize erasure with work performed close to Landauer's bound. We quantify the work performed on the systemwith respect to the duty ratio of time multiplexing, which also provides a handle for approaching reversible erasures. A Langevin dynamics based simulation model is developed for the proposed memory bit and the erasure protocol, which guides the experimental realization. The study also provides insight into transport on the microscale.

  • 出版日期2017-6-19