Energy pumping in electrical circuits under avalanche noise
Statistical Mechanics
2014-07-22 v3
Abstract
We theoretically study energy pumping processes in an electrical circuit with avalanche diodes, where non-Gaussian athermal noise plays a crucial role. We show that a positive amount of energy (work) can be extracted by an external manipulation of the circuit in a cyclic way, even when the system is spatially symmetric. We discuss the properties of the energy pumping process for both quasi-static and fnite-time cases, and analytically obtain formulas for the amounts of the work and the power. Our results demonstrate the significance of the non-Gaussianity in energetics of electrical circuits.
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@article{arxiv.1404.2109,
title = {Energy pumping in electrical circuits under avalanche noise},
author = {Kiyoshi Kanazawa and Takahiro Sagawa and Hisao Hayakawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2109},
year = {2014}
}
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8 pages, 5 figures