A ratchet driven by quasimonochromatic noise
The currents generated by noise-induced activation processes in a periodic potential are investigated analytically, by digital simulation and by performing analogue experiments.
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N. D. Stein
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High Frequency Stochastic Resonance in Periodically Driven Systems
High frequency stochastic resonance (SR) phenomena, associated with fluctuational transitions between coexisting periodic attractors, have been investigated experimentally in an electronic model of a single-well Duffing oscillator bistable in a nearly resonant field of frequency $ω_F$. It is shown that, with increasing noise intensity, the signal/noise ratio (SNR) for a signal due to a weak trial force of frequency $Ω\sim ω_F$ at first decreases, then {\it increases}, and finally decreases again at higher noise intensities: behaviour similar to that observed previously for conventional (low frequency) SR in systems with static bistable potentials. The stochastic enhancement of the SNR of an additional signal at the mirror-reflected frequency $\vert Ω- 2 ω_F \vert$ is also observed, in accordance with theoretical predictions. Relationships with phenomena in nonlinear optics are discussed.
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Stochastic Resonance
Stochastic resonance (SR) - a counter-intuitive phenomenon in which the signal due to a weak periodic force in a nonlinear system can be {\it enhanced} by the addition of external noise - is reviewed. A theoretical approach based on linear response theory (LRT) is described. It is pointed out that, although the LRT theory of SR is by definition restricted to the small signal limit, it possesses substantial advantages in terms of simplicity, generality and predictive power. The application of LRT to overdamped motion in a bistable potential, the most commonly studied form of SR, is outlined. Two new forms of SR, predicted on the basis of LRT and subsequently observed in analogue electronic experiments, are described.
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