A Solid-State Maxwell Demon

  • Sheehan, D. P.
  • Putnam, A. R.
  • Wright, J. H.

  • 1,2Department of Physics, University of San Diego, San Diego, California 92110

    3Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of San Diego, San Diego, California 92110

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Foundations of Physics 32(10):p 1557-1595, October 2002.

A laboratory-testable, solid-state Maxwell demon is proposed that utilizes the electric field energy of an open-gap p-n junction. Numerical results from a commercial semiconductor device simulator (Silvaco International–Atlas) verify primary results from a 1-D analytic model. Present day fabrication techniques appear adequate for laboratory tests of principle.

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