1204.4623 (J. P. Pekola et al.)

Work, free energy and dissipation in voltage driven single-electron
transitions    [PDF]

J. P. Pekola, O. -P. Saira

We apply the general procedure presented by Jarzynski in [1] to the problem of dissipation in a voltage-driven single-electron box. We obtain the expression of dissipated work, and find its relation to the dissipation Q obtained in [2]. We show that the two quantities are identical in gate protocols where the system makes a transition for sure, and they practically coincide in recent experiments of Ref. [3].

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