Experimental Rectification of Entropy Production by Maxwell’s Demon in a Quantum System
Experimental Rectification of Entropy Production by Maxwell’s Demon in a Quantum System
Maxwell's demon explores the role of information in physical processes. Employing information about microscopic degrees of freedom, this "intelligent observer" is capable of compensating entropy production (or extracting work), apparently challenging the second law of thermodynamics. In a modern standpoint, it is regarded as a feedback control mechanism and the …