Sourabh Lahiri
Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics
Volume 74 Issue 3 March 2010 pp 331-349 Research Articles
Energy fluctuations in a biharmonically driven nonlinear system
Navinder Singh Sourabh Lahiri A M Jayannavar
We study the fluctuations of work done and dissipated heat of a Brownian particle in a symmetric double well system. The system is driven by two periodic input signals that rock the potential simultaneously. Confinement in one preferred well can be achieved by modulating the relative phase between the drives. We show that in the presence of pumping the stochastic resonance signal is enhanced when analysed in terms of the average work done on the system per cycle. This is in contrast with the case when pumping is achieved by applying an external static bias, which degrades resonance. We analyse the nature of work and heat fluctuations and show that the steady state fluctuation theorem holds in this system.
Volume 79 Issue 2 August 2012 pp 233-241
Quantum Jarzynski equality with multiple measurement and feedback for isolated system
Shubhashis Rana Sourabh Lahiri A M Jayannavar
In this paper, we derive the Jarzynski equality (JE) for an isolated quantum system in three different cases: (i) the full evolution is unitary with no intermediate measurements, (ii) with intermediate measurements of arbitrary observables being performed, and (iii) with intermediate measurements whose outcomes are used to modify the external protocol (feedback). We assume that the measurements will involve errors that are purely classical in nature. Our treatment is based on path probability in state space for each realization. This is in contrast with the formal approach based on projection operator and density matrices. We find that the JE remains unaffected in the second case, but gets modified in the third case where the mutual information between the measured values with the actual eigenvalues must be incorporated into the relation.
Volume 80 Issue 2 February 2013 pp 207-222 Research Articles
Generalized entropy production fluctuation theorems for quantum systems
Subhashis Rana Sourabh Lahiri A M Jayannavar
Based on trajectory-dependent path probability formalism in state space, we derive generalized entropy production fluctuation relations for a quantum system in the presence of measurement and feedback. We have obtained these results for three different cases: (i) the system is evolving in isolation from its surroundings; (ii) the system being weakly coupled to a heat bath; and (iii) system in contact with reservoir using quantum Crooks fluctuation theorem. In Case (iii), we build on the treatment carried out by
Volume 95 All articles Published: 27 November 2021 Article ID 0205 Research Article
Microscopic thermal machines using run-and-tumble particles
ARADHANA KUMARI SOURABH LAHIRI
Microscopic thermal machines that are of dimensions of around few hundred nanometres have been the subject of intense study over the last two decades. Recently, it has been shown that the efficiency of such thermal engines can be enhanced by using active Ornstein–Uhlenbeck particles (AOUP). In this work, we numerically study the behaviour of tiny engines and refrigerators that use an active run-and-tumble particle as the working system.We find that the results for the engine mode are in sharp contrast with those of engines using AOUP, thus showing that the nature of activity has a strong influence on the qualitative behaviours of thermal machines for non-equilibrium cycles. The efficiency of an engine using a run-and-tumble particle is found to be smaller in general than a passive microscopic engine. However, when the applied protocol is time-reversed, the resulting microscopic refrigerator can have a much higher coefficient of performance under these conditions. The effect of variation of different parametersof the coefficient of performance has been explored. A non-monotonic variation of coefficient of performance with active force has been found.
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