Optimal operation of feedback flashing ratchets
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چکیده
Feedback flashing ratchets are thermal rectifiers that use information on the state of the system to operate switching on and off a periodic potential. We discuss different strategies for this operation with the aim of maximizing the net flux of particles in the collective version of a flashing ratchet consisting on N overdamped Brownian particles. We show the optimal protocols for the one-particle ratchet and for the collective ratchet with an infinite number of particles. Finally we comment on the unsolved problem of the optimal strategy for any other number of particles.
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