Effects Of Time-delayed Feedback Research Articles

Effect of time-delayed feedback in a bistable system inferred by logic operation

• The effect of time delay in bistable system can be inferred by logic operation. • Time-delayed negative feedback can reduce the width of bistable region. • There is an unstable limit cycle on the directly connected boundary between the oscillatory and suprathreshold region. • In the alternate region, the system is sensitive to parameters and can enter two potential wells alternately with the slight variation in sensitive parameters. The effect of time delay is inferred by studying the influence of time-delayed feedback on the signal threshold of logic input signal, which reflects the width of the bistable region. Time-delayed positive feedback does not alter the width of the bistable region but increases the switching time. Time-delayed negative feedback leads to decreases in the depth of two potential wells and the width of the bistable region of the system, resulting in instability and oscillation of the system. Then, the parameter plane of the system can be divided into suprathreshold, subthreshold, oscillatory and alternate regions. With increasing time delay and negative feedback intensity, the suprathreshold and oscillatory regions continuously squeeze the middle subthreshold region until they are connected. One part of the oscillatory region is directly connected with the suprathreshold region, while the other part is transiently connected with the alternate region. There is an unstable limit cycle on the directly connected boundary. In the alternate region, the system is sensitive to initial values and system parameters and can enter two potential wells alternately with slight variations in sensitive parameters.

Asymmetric stochastic resonance under non-Gaussian colored noise and time-delayed feedback**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60551002) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2018JJ3680).

Based on adiabatic approximation theory, in this paper we study the asymmetric stochastic resonance system with time-delayed feedback driven by non-Gaussian colored noise. The analytical expressions of the mean first-passage time (MFPT) and output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are derived by using a path integral approach, unified colored-noise approximation (UCNA), and small delay approximation. The effects of time-delayed feedback and non-Gaussian colored noise on the output SNR are analyzed. Moreover, three types of asymmetric potential function characteristics are thoroughly discussed. And they are well-depth asymmetry (DASR), well-width asymmetry (WASR), and synchronous action of well-depth and well-width asymmetry (DWASR), respectively. The conclusion of this paper is that the time-delayed feedback can suppress SR, however, the non-Gaussian noise deviation parameter has the opposite effect. Moreover, the correlation time plays a significant role in improving SNR, and the SNR of asymmetric stochastic resonance is higher than that of symmetric stochastic resonance. Our experiments demonstrate that the appropriate parameters can make the asymmetric stochastic resonance perform better to detect weak signals than the symmetric stochastic resonance, in which no matter whether these signals have low frequency or high frequency, accompanied by strong or weak noise.

Effect of Time-Delayed Feedback on the Interaction of a Dimer System with its Environment

In this work, we report modeling of non-Markovian open quantum systems, consisting of an excitonic dimer that displays memory effect due to time delayed interaction with its environment. We, indeed investigate the effect of these time delays on quantum coherence and excitation dynamical behavior in the time domain generally considered for photosynthetic experiments (few hundred femtoseconds). In particular, we show that the coherence is maintained for periods proportional to time delays. Additionally, if delay is taken into account, coupling to the environment can be tuned to lower values, unlike in previous studies. This kind of intriguing effect can, therefore, when generalized to complete systems, permit more control on the experimental parameters, which may lead to more accurate description of the photosynthetic energy transfer functioning and subsequent applications in artificial photovoltaic research.

Delay-controlled primary and stochastic resonances of the SD oscillator with stiffness nonlinearities

Abstract This work presents analytical studies of the stiffness nonlinearities SD (smooth and discontinuous) oscillator under displacement and velocity feedback control with a time delay. The SD oscillator can capture the qualitative characteristics of quasi-zero-stiffness and negative-stiffness. We focus mainly on the primary resonance of the quasi-zero-stiffness SD oscillator and the stochastic resonance (SR) of the negative-stiffness SD oscillator. Using the averaging method, we have been analyzed the amplitude response of the quasi-zero-stiffness SD oscillator. In this regard, the optimum time delay for changing the control intensity according to the optimization standard proposed can be obtained. For the optimum time delay, increasing the displacement feedback intensity is advantageous to suppress the vibrations in resonant regime where vibration isolation is needed, however, increasing the velocity feedback intensity is advantageous to strengthen the vibrations. Moreover, the effects of time-delayed feedback on the SR of the negative-stiffness SD oscillator are investigated under harmonic forcing and Gaussian white noise, based on the Langevin and Fokker-Planck approaches. The time-delayed feedback can enhance the SR phenomenon where vibrational energy harvesting is needed. This paper established the relationship between the parameters and vibration properties of a stiffness nonlinearities SD which provides the guidance for optimizing time-delayed control for vibration isolation and vibrational energy harvesting of the nonlinear systems.

The effect of time-delayed feedback on logical stochastic resonance

We examine the possibility of obtaining logic operation in a quartic-bistable system with linear time-delayed feedback subjected to Gaussian noise. The effect of time-delayed feedback on the effective potential well is investigated, and explicit numerical stimulation is conducted to study the influence of delay time and strength of the time-delayed feedback on the responses of the system. Although the response deteriorates slightly at low values of noise intensity with time-delayed feedback and the peak correct probability decreases from 100% when the delay time is too long, the reliability of obtaining the desired logic output is enhanced in the higher noise boundary with the help of moderate time-delayed feedback. We also found that increasing the linear factor of the system can shift the optimal noise intensity to a higher level.

Effects of time-delayed feedback on the properties of self-sustained oscillators.

Most self-sustained oscillations in biological systems and in technical applications are based on a feedback loop, and it is usually important to know how they will react when an external oscillatory force is applied. Here we investigate the effects that the introduction of a time delay in the feedback can have in the entrainment properties of self-sustained oscillators. To do this, we derive analytic expressions for the periodic trajectories and their asymptotic stability, for a generic external oscillatory force. This allows us to show that, for large quality factors, the resonance frequency does not depend on the feedback delay. When the external force is harmonic, it is shown that the largest entrainment range does not correspond to the time delay that gives the maximal response of the unforced oscillator. In fact, that delay gives the shortest entrainment range.

Quasi-periodic oscillation envelopes and frequency locking in rapidly vibrated nonlinear systems with time delay

The effect of time-delayed feedback and fast harmonic excitation (FHE) on stationary periodic vibration and quasi-periodic responses in a parametric and self-excited weakly nonlinear oscillator is analyzed in this paper. The method of direct partition of motion and two stages of multiple scales analysis are conducted to obtain analytical approximation for quasi-periodic oscillation envelopes and frequency-locking area near primary resonance. A parameter study shows that, in the absence or the presence of high-frequency excitation, time-delayed feedback may reduce significantly the amplitude and the envelopes of quasi-periodic oscillations leading to a quasi synchronization of the response over the whole frequency range around the resonance. The results presented for the parameters tested agree well with results obtained by numerical simulation.