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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - The conversion of thermal energy into work is usually more efficient in the slow-driving
    regime, where the power output is vanishingly small. Efficient work extraction
    for fast-driving protocols remains an outstanding challenge at the nanoscale,
    where fluctuations play a significant role. In this Letter, we use a quantum-dot
    Szilard engine to extract work from thermal fluctuations with maximum efficiency
    over two decades of driving speed. We design and implement a family of optimized
    protocols ranging from the slow- to the fast-driving regime, and we measure the
    engine's efficiency as well as the mean and variance of its power output in each
    case. These optimized protocols exhibit significant improvements in power and
    efficiency compared to the naive approach. Our results also show that, when optimizing
    for efficiency, boosting the power output of a Szilard engine inevitably comes
    at the cost of increased power fluctuations.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Kushagra
      foaf_name: Aggarwal, Kushagra
      foaf_surname: Aggarwal
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Alberto
      foaf_name: Rolandi, Alberto
      foaf_surname: Rolandi
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Yikai
      foaf_name: Yang, Yikai
      foaf_surname: Yang
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Joseph
      foaf_name: Hickie, Joseph
      foaf_surname: Hickie
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Daniel
      foaf_name: Jirovec, Daniel
      foaf_surname: Jirovec
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=4C473F58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-7197-4801
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Andrea
      foaf_name: Ballabio, Andrea
      foaf_surname: Ballabio
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Daniel
      foaf_name: Chrastina, Daniel
      foaf_surname: Chrastina
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Giovanni
      foaf_name: Isella, Giovanni
      foaf_surname: Isella
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Mark T.
      foaf_name: Mitchison, Mark T.
      foaf_surname: Mitchison
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Martí
      foaf_name: Perarnau-Llobet, Martí
      foaf_surname: Perarnau-Llobet
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Natalia
      foaf_name: Ares, Natalia
      foaf_surname: Ares
  bibo_doi: 10.1103/q3dx-kyqj
  bibo_issue: '3'
  bibo_volume: 7
  dct_date: 2025^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2643-1564
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Physical Society@
  dct_title: Rapid optimal work extraction from a quantum-dot information engine@
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