Signal detection via residence-time asymmetry in noisy bistable devices

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1 2, 2003, Pages 161201-1612021

  Bulsara, A R ^a   Seberino, C ^a   Gammaitoni, L ^b   Karlsson, M F ^c   Lundqvist, B ^c   Robinson, J W C ^c  

^a Department of the Navy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MAGNETOMETERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

BISTABLE DEVICES; DYNAMIC SENSORS; RESIDENCE-TIME DISTRIBUTION (RTD);

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0038732427     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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