Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for
extending the notions of classical thermodynamics such as work, heat and entropy …

We review a general theory of thermodynamics of information processing. The background
of this topic is the recently-developed nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and quantum …

In 1931--1932, Erwin Schrödinger studied a hot gas Gedankenexperiment (an instance of
large deviations of the empirical distribution). Schrödinger's problem represents an early …

The Jarzynski equality is generalized to situations in which nonequilibrium systems are
subject to a feedback control. The new terms that arise as a consequence of the feedback …

We consider the problem of steering a linear dynamical system with complete state
observation from an initial Gaussian distribution in state-space to a final one with minimum …

We obtain generalizations of the Kelvin-Planck, Clausius, and Carnot statements of the
second law of thermodynamics for situations involving information processing. To this end …

We establish a general theory of feedback control on classical stochastic thermodynamic
systems and generalize nonequilibrium equalities such as the fluctuation theorem and the …

We introduce from an experimental point of view the main concepts of fluctuation theorems
for work, heat and entropy production in out-of-equilibrium systems. We will discuss the …

It has been shown recently that the Jarzynski equality is generalized under nonequilibrium
feedback control [T. Sagawa and M. Ueda, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 090602 (2010) …

We experimentally study the fluctuations of the work done by an external Gaussian random
force on two different stochastic systems coupled to a thermal bath: a colloidal particle in an …