[Démons de Maxwell réalisés avec des circuits électroniques]
Nous passons en revue des progrès récents qui ont permis de faire des anciennes propositions du démon de Maxwell des expériences réelles de laboratoire. En particulier, nous nous concentrons sur des réalisations basées sur l'effet tunnel à un électron dans des circuits électroniques. Nous montrons d'abord comment la thermodynamique stochastique peut être explorée dans ces circuits. Ensuite, nous passons en revue des expériences récentes sur un moteur de Szilard électronique. Enfin, nous rendons compte d'expériences de refroidissement basées sur l'effet tunnel à un électron, incluant la réalisation d'un refrigérateur à gap de Coulomb, ainsi que celle d'un démon de Maxwell autonome.
We review recent progress in making the former gedanken experiments of Maxwell's demon [1] into real experiments in a lab. In particular, we focus on realizations based on single-electron tunneling in electronic circuits. We first present how stochastic thermodynamics can be investigated in these circuits. Next we review recent experiments on an electron-based Szilard engine. Finally, we report on experiments on single-electron tunneling-based cooling, overviewing the recent realization of a Coulomb gap refrigerator, as well as an autonomous Maxwell's demon.
Mot clés : Démon de Maxwell, Information
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author = {Jonne V. Koski and Jukka P. Pekola},
title = {Maxwell's demons realized in electronic circuits},
journal = {Comptes Rendus. Physique},
pages = {1130--1138},
publisher = {Elsevier},
volume = {17},
number = {10},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1016/j.crhy.2016.08.011},
language = {en},
}
Jonne V. Koski; Jukka P. Pekola. Maxwell's demons realized in electronic circuits. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 17 (2016) no. 10, pp. 1130-1138. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2016.08.011. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2016.08.011/
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