Optimal finite-time erasure of a classical bit

Abstract

Information erasure inevitably leads to heat dissipation. Minimizing this dissipation will be crucial for developing small-scale information processing systems, but little is known about the optimal procedures required. We have obtained closed-form expressions for maximally efficient erasure cycles for deletion of a classical bit of information stored by the position of a particle diffusing in a double-well potential. We find that the extra dissipation beyond the Landauer bound is proportional to the square of the Hellinger distance between the initial and final states divided by the cycle duration, which quantifies how far out of equilibrium the system is driven. Finally, we demonstrate close agreement between the exact optimal cycle and the protocol found using a linear response framework.

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