Switching in the presence of colored noise: The decay of an unstable state
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 38 (9) , 4690-4695
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.38.4690
Abstract
Switching events are studied by means of a parametrically operated, fast transition from a monostable to a bistable potential in the continuous presence of colored noise. The problem is thus the decay of an unstable state with random initial conditions. We calculate, using contemporary colored-noise theory, and measure by analog simulation, the relaxation time to cross a reference boundary, and we contrast this with the strictly defined mean first passage time.Keywords
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