Energy-Efficient Pseudo-Ratchet for Brownian Computers through One-Dimensional Quantum Brownian Motion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08217v1
• Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 04:20:07 GMT
• Title: Energy-Efficient Pseudo-Ratchet for Brownian Computers through One-Dimensional Quantum Brownian Motion
• Authors: Sho Nakade, Ferdinand Peper, Kazuki Kanki, Tomio Petrosky,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a new approach based on one-dimensional (1D) quantum Brownian motion.<n>We exploit that quantum resonance effects in 1D systems divide the momentum space of particles into subspaces.<n>We analyze this pseudo-ratchet mechanism without energy dissipation from an entropic perspective.
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• Abstract: Brownian computers utilize thermal fluctuations as a resource for computation and hold promise for achieving ultra-low-energy computations. However, the lack of a statistical direction in Brownian motion necessitates the incorporation of ratchets that facilitate the speeding up and completion of computations in Brownian computers. To make the ratchet mechanism work effectively, an external field is required to overcome thermal fluctuations, which has the drawback of increasing energy consumption. As a remedy for this drawback, we introduce a new approach based on one-dimensional (1D) quantum Brownian motion, which exhibits intrinsic unidirectional transport even in the absence of external forces or asymmetric potential gradients, thereby functioning as an effective pseudo-ratchet. Specifically, we exploit that quantum resonance effects in 1D systems divide the momentum space of particles into subspaces. These subspaces have no momentum inversion symmetry, resulting in the natural emergence of unidirectional flow. We analyze this pseudo-ratchet mechanism without energy dissipation from an entropic perspective and show that it remains consistent with the second law of thermodynamics.

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