Quantum Landauer Erasure using magnetic tunneling junctions

Key Points

• This research aims to explore the thermodynamic limits imposed by Landauer's principle on quantum computation through magnetic tunneling junctions.
• Exploration of Landauer's principle in the context of magnetic tunneling junctions
• Quantitative analysis of heat dissipation in computational operations
• Assessment of logically irreversible operations and their thermodynamic costs
• Identification of the minimum heat dissipation of kT ln 2 for bit erasure
• Demonstration of effective quantum Landauer erasure mechanisms using magnetic tunneling junctions
• Proposed methods show potential for increased computational efficiency under thermodynamic constraints