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Moupriya Das1, Deb Shankar Ray
1Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
Abstract:
We consider the stochastic response of a nonlinear dynamical system towards a combination of input signals. The response can assume binary values if the state of the system is considered to be the output and the system can make transitions between two states separated by an energetic or entropic barrier. We show how the input-output correspondence can be controlled by an external exponentially correlated dichotomous noise optimizing the logical response which exhibits a maximum at an intermediate value of correlation time. This resonance manifests itself as a "logical" resonance correlation effect and sets the condition for performance of the stochastic system as a logic gate. The role of asymmetry of the dichotomous noise is examined and the results on numerical simulations are correlated with a two-state model using a master equation approach.
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