A THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE NONLINEAR RESPONSE OF A PERIODICALLY DRIVEN BISTABLE SYSTEM

Authors
STOCKS NG
Citation
Ng. Stocks, A THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE NONLINEAR RESPONSE OF A PERIODICALLY DRIVEN BISTABLE SYSTEM, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 17(7-8), 1995, pp. 925-940
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
17
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
925 - 940
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1995)17:7-8<925:ATOTNR>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In this paper, a comprehensive theory for the non-linear response of a periodically driven bistable system is presented. Analytic results fo r the full spectral response, including the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR ), are obtained. In addition, the whole hierarchy of escape time distr ibutions is calculated. Theoretical connection between these distribut ions and the SNR is made, enabling the SNR to be calculated from the k nowledge of a single escape time distribution. The theoretical calcula tions are compared with the results of analogue simulation.