MODE LOCKING IN DISCRETE SOLITON DYNAMICS UNDER AC FORCES
MODE LOCKING IN DISCRETE SOLITON DYNAMICS UNDER AC FORCES
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交流力下离散孤子动力学的模式锁定
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.56.87
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
A. Sánchez
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作者:
P. J. Martínez;F. Falo;J. Mazo;L. Floría;A. Sánchez
We present here analytical arguments and numerical evidence for the existence of net directional motion of highly discrete sine-Gordon kinks under ac forces of zero average. We have also characterized the depinning of the oscillating kink under those circumstances, and analyzed the instability mechanisms of the phase-locked running solutions. Possible experimental relevance of this phenomenon in circular arrays of Josephson junctions is discussed. @S0163-1829~97!02726-4# The discrete sine-Gordon equation ~Frenkel-Kontorova model! appears as a mathematical description of various condensed-matter physical systems such as charge ~or spin! density waves, arrays of superconducting Josephson junctions ~JJA’s !, crystal dislocations, domain walls in magnetic and ferroelectric systems, etc. This ubiquity is not surprising for it describes, in an abstract way, a discrete elastic medium modulated by a periodic substrate potential, a paradigmatic notion in condensed-matter physics. As such, the study of the Frenkel-Kontorova ~FK! model has provided much insight into the physical consequences of length and time scale com