Fig. 4: Work and deviation from theoretical bound.

a Mean work W₂ as function of (dimensionless) protocol duration rτ for the hyperbolic tangent protocol (7) (points) and the optimal protocol Eq. (22) (solid line). We use resetting probability density function f(t) = re^−rt. The dashed line represents the theoretical bound (21). Here, we take the non-dimensionalized harmonic trap relaxation times rt_U = 4, rt_V = 0.5 where r is the resetting rate and t_U, t_V are the harmonic trap relaxation times. b Deviation from the theoretical Generalized Landauer (GL) work-bound (21) in the quasi-static limit as a function of the ratio of trap relaxation times t_V/t_U. Parameters used are D = γ = k_BT = r = 1, and t_U = 4.