Power of an optical Maxwell's demon in the presence of photon-number correlations
Angeline Shu, Jibo Dai, and Valerio Scarani
TL;DR
This paper investigates how photon-number correlations influence the effectiveness of an optical Maxwell's demon, revealing that correlations can either enhance or hinder its performance, similar to thermal demons.
Contribution
It provides a detailed analysis of the impact of photon-number correlations on the power of an optical Maxwell's demon, extending understanding of quantum correlations in thermodynamic processes.
Findings
Correlations can enhance the demon's power
Correlations can hinder the demon's performance
Performance depends on the nature of correlations
Abstract
We study how correlations affect the performance of the simulator of a Maxwell's demon demonstrated in a recent optical experiment [Vidrighin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 050401 (2016)]. The power of the demon is found to be enhanced or hindered, depending on the nature of the correlation, in close analogy to the situation faced by a thermal demon.
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