Bistability in sine-Gordon: the ideal switch
Pattern Formation and Solitons
2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Classical Physics
Abstract
The sine-Gordon equation, used as the representative nonlinear wave equation, presents a bistable behavior resulting from nonlinearity and generating hysteresis properties. We show that the process can be understood in a comprehensive analytical formulation and that it is a generic property of nonlinear systems possessing a natural band gap. The approach allows to discover that sine-Gordon can work as an it ideal switch by reaching a transmissive regime with vanishing driving amplitude.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0505023,
title = {Bistability in sine-Gordon: the ideal switch},
author = {Ramaz Khomeriki and Jerome Leon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0505023},
year = {2009}
}
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Phys. Rev. E, (to be published, May 2005)