Aperiodic stochastic resonance in chaotic maps

It is shown by means of numerical simulations that aperiodic stochastic res onance occurs in chaotic one-dimensional maps with various kinds of intermi ttency. The effect appears in the absence of external noise, as the system control parameter is varied. In the case of input signals slowly varying in time the analytic treatment, using the adiabatic approximation based on th e expressions for the mean laminar phase duration, yields the input-output covariance function comparable with numerical results. (C) 1998 American In stitute of Physics. [S1054-1500(98)00304-8].