On-chip Maxwell's demon as an information-powered refrigerator

Authors :: Koski, J. V.
Kutvonen, A.
Khaymovich, I. M.
Ala-Nissila, T.
Pekola, J. P.
Source :: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 260602 (2015)
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: We present an experimental realization of an autonomous Maxwell's Demon, which extracts microscopic information from a System and reduces its entropy by applying feedback. It is based on two capacitively coupled single electron devices, both integrated on the same electronic circuit. This setup allows a detailed analysis of the thermodynamics of both the Demon and the System as well as their mutual information exchange. The operation of the Demon is directly observed as a temperature drop in the System. We also observe a simultaneous temperature rise in the Demon arising from the thermodynamic cost of generating the mutual information.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures