Unified working regime of nonlinear systems rectifying thermal fluctuations

N. Sánchez Salas; A. Calvo Hernández

doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-00197-2

Unified working regime of nonlinear systems rectifying thermal fluctuations

N. Sánchez Salas, A. Calvo Hernández

Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas (ESFM)

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We present the results of efficiency and net power output for Feynman's ratchet and pawl engine and its electric counterpart, the diode engine, calculated by means of a recently developed optimization criterion. In both cases a unified working regime between those predicted by maximum efficiency and maximum power calculations was found. These results extend previous findings for macroscopic heat engines and some molecular motors to mesoscopic energy converters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-293
Number of pages	7
Journal	EPL
Volume	61
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00197-2
State	Published - Feb 2003

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