Optimal Landauer Erasure in Finite-Time Thermodynamics

Optimal Landauer Erasure in Finite-Time Thermodynamics

Seminar author:Alberto Rolandi

Event date and time:06/12/2025 02:30:pm

Event location:Seminars Room, GIQ

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I will present multiple approaches to obtain finite-time bounds on the thermodynamic cost of the erasure of information. With the framework of geometric thermodynamics we can obtain the minimal amount of energy that has to be dissipated into the environment during a slow out-of-equilibrium thermodynamic process. We apply this framework to different erasure scenarios that give us insight into a fundamental bound on the cost of finite-time erasure and the third law of thermodynamics.