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Dynamical mode locking in commensurate structures with an asymmetric deformable substrate potential.

Bambi Hu1, Jasmina Tekić

  • 1Department of Physics, Centre for Nonlinear Studies and The Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|December 31, 2005
PubMed
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Investigating the Frenkel-Kontorova model reveals that altering the substrate potential introduces new behaviors in particle dynamics. These findings are crucial for understanding charge-density waves and vortex lattices.

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Area of Science:

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • The Frenkel-Kontorova model describes interacting particles on a periodic substrate.
  • Understanding overdamped dynamics is key to various physical systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the effects of a deformable periodic substrate potential on the Frenkel-Kontorova model.
  • To investigate the emergence of novel phenomena in driven commensurate structures.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of overdamped dynamics in the one-dimensional Frenkel-Kontorova model.
  • Subjecting the system to a parametrized deformable periodic substrate potential.
  • Driving the system with a periodic force.

Main Results:

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  • New subharmonic steps appear in the response function when the substrate potential deviates from the standard form.
  • These phenomena occur even in structures with integer average interparticle distance.
  • The critical depinning force can decrease for specific parameter values.

Conclusions:

  • Deviations in substrate potential shape lead to unexpected dynamics in commensurate structures.
  • Observed phenomena have potential implications for charge-density wave systems, vortex lattices, and Josephson-junction arrays.
  • The study highlights the sensitivity of particle dynamics to substrate properties.