Noise-assisted transmission of binary information: Theory and experiment

Year: 2001

Authors: Barbay S., Giacomelli G., Marin F.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unità di Firenze, Firenze, Italy;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze and European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: We study the response of a bistable vertical cavity surface emitting laser to an aperiodic binary signal, by adding a variable amount of noise. The resulting behavior is an example of aperiodic stochastic resonance, and in this work we give a detailed comparison between analytical and numerical results and accurate experimental measurements. We characterize the phenomenon by using different appropriate indicators, which also allow us to quantify the binary information transmission. We show that the quality of the transmission is enhanced by a suitable amount of noise, and we give a physical picture of the phenomenon.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Volume: 63 (5)      Pages from: 051110-1  to: 051110-9

KeyWords: APERIODIC STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS; FLUCTUATIONS; KRAMERS;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.051110

Citations: 26
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