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Jasmina Tekić1, Dahai He, Bambi Hu
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.
Abstract:
The noise effects on dynamical-mode-locking phenomena in the ac-driven dissipative Frenkel-Kontorova model are studied by molecular-dynamics simulations. It was found that the noise strongly influences the properties of the Shapiro steps and the way they respond to the changing of system parameters. The increase of temperature produces the melting of the Shapiro steps, while the critical depinning force is significantly reduced. The oscillatory form of the amplitude dependence is strongly affected where the Bessel-like form changes as the temperature increases. In the frequency dependence of the Shapiro steps, due to the decrease of the dc threshold value, noise may transfer the system to the high-amplitude regime where oscillations of the step width with frequency or period of the ac force appear. These phenomena will additionally destabilize the steps in real systems and significantly limit the region of parameters where dynamical-mode-locking phenomena could be observed.
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