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EPL
Volume 87, Number 5, September 2009
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Article Number | 50003 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | General | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/87/50003 | |
Published online | 18 September 2009 |
Double entropic stochastic resonance
1
Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg - Universitätsstr. 1, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
2
Departament de Física Fonamental, Facultat de Física, Universidad de Barcelona Martí i Franqués 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Corresponding authors: Sekhar.Burada@physik.uni-augsburg.de Gerhard.Schmid@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Received:
6
July
2009
Accepted:
19
August
2009
We demonstrate the appearance of a purely entropic stochastic resonance (ESR) occurring in a geometrically confined system, where the irregular boundaries cause entropic barriers. The interplay between a periodic input signal, a constant bias and intrinsic thermal noise leads to a resonant ESR phenomenon in which feeble signals become amplified. This new phenomenon is characterized by the presence of two peaks in the spectral amplification at corresponding optimal values of the noise strength. The main peak is associated with the manifest stochastic resonance synchronization mechanism involving the inter-well noise-activated dynamics while a second peak relates to a regime of optimal sensitivity for intra-well dynamics. The nature of ESR, occurring when the origin of the barrier is entropic rather than energetic, offers new perspectives for novel investigations and potential applications. ESR by itself presents yet another case where one constructively can harvest noise in driven nonequilibrium systems.
PACS: 02.50.Ey – Stochastic processes / 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion / 05.10.Gg – Stochastic analysis methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.)
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