The Filtering Demon: Beyond Standard Thermodynamic Bounds and Harnessing Measurement Error and Quantum Friction

arXiv:2609.22826 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-19 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-19

Updated: 2026-09-19

Comments: 15 pages, 9 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Otto Information Engine — 6× in this paper
• Robustness — 4× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Gibbs State — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abstraction — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Energy Efficiency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Entanglement — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Information Gain — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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