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M Misono1, T Kohmoto, M Kunitomo
1Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Japan.
Abstract:
We have shown an experimental demonstration of information gain due to the stochastic resonance in an optical bistable system, that is, information hidden in the input wave form appears in the output of a nonlinear system when the input noise amplitude is adequate. The optical bistable system is a hybrid type comprising a LiNbO3 crystal with an electric feedback loop, and the input of the system is the sum of a binary bit series and a Gaussian colored noise. The information gain is proved to be prominent when the noise cutoff frequency is larger than the bit rate.
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