Harmonic stochastic resonance-enhanced signal detecting in NW small-world neural network

The harmonic stochastic resonance-enhanced signal detecting in Newman-Watts small-world neural network is studied using the Hodgkin-Huxley dynamical equation with noise.If the connection probability p,coupling strength g syn and noise intensity D matches well,higher order resonance will be found and an optimal signal-to-noise ratio will be obtained.Then,the reasons are given to explain the mechanism of this appearance.     

乘性噪音和加性噪音效应对脉孢菌生物钟体系内信号随机共振的增强

利用有和无外信号作用的脉孢菌生物钟体系,研究了与加性噪音相关或不相关的乘性噪音对加性噪音诱导出的内信号随机共振的影响作用.结果表明：无外信号的情况下,不论加性和乘性噪音相关与否,当乘性噪音强度小于临界值时,乘性噪音的加入使加性噪音诱导产生的内随机共振强度得到增强;当大于其临界值时,加性噪音的随机共振强度却得不到进一步增强,这说明脉孢菌生物钟体系能抵抗外噪音的干扰而维持自身的生理节奏.当加入外信号时,对于乘性和加性噪音不相关的情况,发现存在最佳频率（0.003 Hz）的外信号能使加性噪音诱导出的内信号随机共 关键词： 噪音 脉孢菌生物钟体系 内信号随机共振     

The difference in noise property between the Autlerben Townes splitting medium and the electromagnetically induced transparent medium

The quantum noise of squeezed probe light passing through an atomic system with different electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler-Townes splitting effects is investigated theoretically. It is found that the optimal squeezing preservation of the outgoing probe beam occurs in the strong-coupling-field regime rather than in the weak-coupling-field regime. In the weak-coupling-field regime, which was recently recognized as the electromagnetically induced transparency regime (Abi-Salloum T Y 2010 Phys. Rev. A bf81 053836), the output amplitude noise is affected mainly by the atomic noise originating from the random decay process of atoms. While in the strong-coupling-field regime, defined as the Autler-Townes splitting regime, the output amplitude noise is affected mainly by the phase-to-amplitude conversion noise. This is useful in improving the quality of the experiment for efficient quantum memory, and hence has an application in quantum information processing.     

Hypersensitivity to weak ac signals induced by colored multiplicative noise in a system with on-off intermittency

An experimental study is made of the effect of the finite correlation time of controlling multiplicative noise on the hypersensitivity to weak ac signals in systems with on-off intermittency. It is shown that the gain has a maximum for an optimal choice of correlation time and intensity of the controlling noise. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 116, 1477–1483 (October 1999)     

Multipartite Quantum Clock Synchronization under The Influence of Unruh Thermal Noise

A protocol for multipartite quantum clock synchronization is performed under the influence of Unruh thermal noise. The dynamics of multipartite quantum system consisting of Unruh–DeWitt detectors when one of the detectors is accelerated are obtained. To estimate the time difference between the clocks, the time probability is calculated and how the probability is influenced by the Unruh thermal noise and other factors is analyzed. It is shown that both relativistic motion and interaction between the atom and the external scalar field affect the choice of optimal number of excited atoms in the initial state, which leads to a higher clock adjustment accuracy. Time probabilities for different types of initial states approach the same value in the limit of infinite acceleration, while tend to different minimums with increasing number of atoms. In addition, the accuracy of clock synchronization using a pair of entangled clocks in two‐party system is always higher than in a multipartite system, while the optimal Z‐type multipartite initial state always performs better than the W‐type state.     

Effect of noise and occupancy on optimal reverberation times for speech intelligibility in classrooms

The question of what is the optimal reverberation time for speech intelligibility in an occupied classroom has been studied recently in two different ways, with contradictory results. Experiments have been performed under various conditions of speech-signal to background-noise level difference and reverberation time, finding an optimal reverberation time of zero. Theoretical predictions of appropriate speech-intelligibility metrics, based on diffuse-field theory, found nonzero optimal reverberation times. These two contradictory results are explained by the different ways in which the two methods account for background noise, both of which are unrealistic. To obtain more realistic and accurate predictions, noise sources inside the classroom are considered. A more realistic treatment of noise is incorporated into diffuse-field theory by considering both speech and noise sources and the effects of reverberation on their steady-state levels. The model shows that the optimal reverberation time is zero when the speech source is closer to the listener than the noise source, and nonzero when the noise source is closer than the speech source. Diffuse-field theory is used to determine optimal reverberation times in unoccupied classrooms given optimal values for the occupied classroom. Resulting times can be as high as several seconds in large classrooms; in some cases, optimal values are unachievable, because the occupants contribute too much absorption.     

外力作用下反馈耦合布朗棘轮的定向输运

本文研究了处于外力作用下双阱棘轮势中两个反馈耦合布朗粒子的定向输运性能. 通过对过阻尼朗之万方程的数值求解, 详细讨论了外力、热噪声与势阱的不对称参数等对耦合布朗粒子的平均速度、 有效扩散系数及Pe数的影响. 研究发现, 平均速度随外力呈周期性的变化规律. 同时耦合系统存在最优噪声强度会使定向输运达到最强. 值得指出的是棘轮系统可通过改变双阱势的结构来获得较强的定向流. 关键词： 耦合布朗棘轮 外力 双阱棘轮势 平均速度     

Influence of noise sensitivity on annoyance of indoor and outdoor noises in residential buildings

A survey and a laboratory experiment were conducted to investigate the influence of noise sensitivity on the annoyance caused by indoor residential noises and outdoor traffic noise. Results showed that noise sensitivity significantly influenced the annoyance level caused by both indoor and outdoor noise, consistent with previous studies on transportation noise. Annoyance level was significantly correlated with sensitivity in both the survey (r = 0.42–0.48 and 0.35 for indoor and outdoor noises, respectively) and the laboratory experiment (r = 0.25 and 0.14 for indoor and outdoor noises, respectively), in which noise exposure was controlled at 50 dBA. The correlation coefficient for indoor noise was higher than that for outdoor noise and was also higher than the average values (r = 0.3 and 0.22 for uncontrolled and controlled noise exposures, respectively) calculated using the results of several previous studies on outdoor transportation noise. Sensitivity was found to have a greater influence on the percentage of people who were highly annoyed by the indoor noise than it did on those affected by the outdoor noise.     

Characterization of classical Gaussian processes using quantum probes

We address the use of a single qubit as a quantum probe to characterize the properties of classical noise. In particular, we focus on the characterization of classical noise arising from the interaction with a stochastic field described by Gaussian processes. The tools of quantum estimation theory allow us to find the optimal state preparation for the probe, the optimal interaction time with the external noise, and the optimal measurement to effectively extract information on the noise parameter. We also perform a set of simulated experiments to assess the performances of maximum likelihood estimator, showing that the asymptotic regime, where the estimator is unbiased and efficient, is approximately achieved already after few thousands repeated measurements on the probe system.     

Statistical Approach to Dynamical Inverse Problems

Based on nonparametric estimation ideas, a statistical approach to the dynamical inverse problem for some n ^th order nonlinear differential equations is introduced. It is proved that the real-time filter type of estimators converge respectively, as the data noise tends to zero, to the unknown force function and its derivatives at an optimal rate in the minimax sense. Received: 10 October 1996 / Accepted: 20 January 1997     

Non-Gaussian noise benefits for coherent detection of narrowband weak signal

In an ad hoc suboptimal detector, the benefits of non-Gaussian noise to narrowband weak signal detection are demonstrated. Particularly, for a noise envelope with a Rice distribution, we can improve the detector performance by tuning threshold parameter but keeping noise level, or increasing the noise level for a fixed threshold. It is verified that, under certain circumstances, the optimal detection probability achieved by tuning noise level is superior to that obtained by optimizing the detector threshold.     

Urban railway traffic noise: Looking for the minimum cost for the whole community

Nowadays, railway traffic noise is acknowledged to negatively impact the wellbeing of the whole community, particularly in urban environments. Unfortunately, the traditional approach to support decision making in noise reduction intervention seems to start only from the compliance to the regulations in place, rather than from the identification of an optimal trade-off between the cost of the annoyance of the community and the cost of the intervention. An advanced approach is proposed, which starts from any annoyance due to traffic noise, and which aims at identifying an optimal trade-off by means of evaluation of the minimum cost for the whole community. A case study in a railway noise-affected urban cluster of Milan, Italy, has been performed, which is representative of any urban environment affected by traffic noise. The sensitivity analysis on the parameters of the approach (the size of the buildings; the level of railway traffic; the cost per square meter of the acoustic barriers) shows that the results are robust and reliable, and in the specific case a noise reduction of 15–25 dB is optimal for the community.     

Modulation bandwidth and energy efficiency of metallic cavity semiconductor nanolasers with inclusion of noise effects

Modulation bandwidth and energy efficiency of metallic cavity nanolasers are studied in both small signal and digital modulation formats. Special emphasis is placed on the effects of noise on data rate and energy efficiency. It is found that the data rate for nanolasers of small sizes is severely limited by noise‐induced bit‐error rate. The trade‐off between size‐reduction and noise effects leads to an optimal cavity size to achieve the highest data rate. The energy data‐rate ratio decreases in general with device size, but starts to increase in ultrasmall devices, due to increased threshold current and noise effects. However, relatively high modulation rate and energy efficiency can be achieved in metallic cavity nanolasers. Calculations show that a low energy consumption of 30 fJ/bit at a high data rate of 120 Gbit/s can be realized in nanolasers as small as V = 16 (λ/n_r)³ (V is the laser cavity volume). Ultralow energy consumption per bit (<10 fJ/bit) does require smaller devices (V<2.1 (λ/n_r)³), while the noise limits the data rate to below 50 Gbit/s. Such a balanced and holistic consideration between device size, data rate, noise effects, and energy efficiency offers new perspectives to nanolaser design strategy for future onchip integrated nanophotonics systems.

     

Burst and 1/f noise in light-emitting diodes with quantum dots

We study the low-frequency electric noise characteristics of light-emitting diodes with InAs quantum dots in a GaInAs layer. Burst noise having the character of random telegraph signal (RTS) is found against the 1/f noise background in the noise voltage of some specimens. A procedure based on the standard theory of signal detection against the noise background is proposed for a separate study of these noise components. It is found that Hooge’s empirical relation applied to p-n diodes for the first time by Kleinpenning is also applicable to 1/f noise in quantum-dot diodes. The current dependences of statistical characteristics of the 1/f and RTS noise components are compared to show that the physical origins of RTS noise and 1/f noise in the studied specimens are different. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 437–447, May 2006.     

Most Probable Histories for Nonlinear Dynamics: Tracking Climate Transitions

The effective action provides an appropriate cost function to determine most probable (or optimal) histories for nonlinear dynamics with strong noise. In such strong-coupling problems, a nonperturbative technique is required to calculate the effective action. We have proposed a Rayleigh–Ritz variational approximation, which employs simple moment-closures or intuitive guesses of the statistics to calculate the effective action. We consider here an application to climate dynamics, within a simple bimodal Langevin model similar to that proposed by C. Nicolis and G. Nicolis [Tellus 33:225 (1981)]. Capturing climate state transitions even in this simple model is known to present a serious problem for standard methods of data assimilation. In contrast, it is shown that the effective action for the climate history is already well-approximated by a one-moment closure and that the optimal, minimizing history robustly tracks climate change, even with large observation errors. Furthermore, the Hessian of the effective action provides the ensemble variance as a realistic measure of confidence level in the predicted optimal history.     

The investigation of noise in hard radiation detectors by pulse-amplitude analysis

The potentialities of pulse-amplitude analysis for noise measurements are demonstrated with p ⁺-n silicon detectors. It is suggested to use the detector current as a parameter and vary it by illuminating the samples. The instrument was calibrated by the shot noise of the photocurrent. The criteria for shot noise are the linearity of the noise squared vs. current dependence and its slope. It is shown that conventional instrumentation for pulse-amplitude analysis provides accurate yet rapid noise investigation. For the detectors studied, flicker noise was absent even when the trapped charge in the field oxide increases by one order of magnitude.     

Intracavity Multi-Photon-Absorption and the Quantum Noise Spectrum of Light

The intensity noise spectrum is investigated quantum-mechanically for incident coherent light passing through a resonator which is filled with a k-photon-absorber. For k? 2 the noise of the outgoing light is reduced below the shot noise level the reduction being maximal for frequencies that are small in comparison to the cavity bandwidth. It turns out that the highest possible value of this low-frequency noise reduction is obtained when the resonator losses due to transmission through the outcoupling mirror are 2k – 1 times as large as the k-photon absorption losses. In this case the noise at zero frequency is reduced with respect to the shot noise level by a factor of k/(2k – 1).     

α稳定噪声驱动的非对称双稳随机共振现象

以微弱周期信号激励的非对称双稳系统为模型, 以信噪比增益为指标, 首先针对加性和乘性α 稳定噪声共同作用的随机共振现象展开了研究, 然后针对单独加性α 稳定噪声激励的随机共振现象进行了研究, 探究了α 稳定噪声特征指数α 和对称参数β 分别取不同值时, 系统结构参数a, b, 刻画双稳系统非对称性的偏度r以及α 稳定噪声强度放大系数Q或D对非对称双稳系统共振输出的作用规律. 研究结果表明, 无论在加性和乘性α 稳定噪声共同作用下还是在单独加性α 稳定噪声作用下, 通过调节a和b或者r均可诱导随机共振, 实现微弱信号的检测, 且有多个参数区间与之对应, 这些区间不随α 或β 的变化而变化; 在研究噪声诱导的随机共振现象时发现, 调节噪声强度放大系数也可使系统产生随机共振现象, 且达到共振状态时D的区间也不随α 或β 的变化而变化. 这些结论为α 稳定噪声环境下参数诱导随机共振中系统参数以及噪声诱导随机共振中噪声强度的合理选取提供了依据.     

Correlated noise-based switches and stochastic resonance in a bistable genetic regulation system

The correlated noise-based switches and stochastic resonance are investigated in a bistable single gene switching system driven by an additive noise (environmental fluctuations), a multiplicative noise (fluctuations of the degradation rate). The correlation between the two noise sources originates from on the lysis-lysogeny pathway system of the λ phage. The steady state probability distribution is obtained by solving the time-independent Fokker-Planck equation, and the effects of noises are analyzed. The effects of noises on the switching time between the two stable states (mean first passage time) is investigated by the numerical simulation. The stochastic resonance phenomenon is analyzed by the power amplification factor. The results show that the multiplicative noise can induce the switching from “on” → “off” of the protein production, while the additive noise and the correlation between the noise sources can induce the inverse switching “off” → “on”. A nonmonotonic behaviour of the average switching time versus the multiplicative noise intensity, for different cross-correlation and additive noise intensities, is observed in the genetic system. There exist optimal values of the additive noise, multiplicative noise and cross-correlation intensities for which the weak signal can be optimal amplified.