Published November 14, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Intermittent switching between soliton dynamic states in a perturbed sine-Gordon model

  • 1. Laboratory of Applied Mathematical Physics, The Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Description

Chaotic intermittency between soliton dynamic states has been found in a perturbed sine-Gordon system in the absence of an external ac driving term. The system is a model of a long Josephson oscillator with constant loss and bias current in an external magnetic field. The results predict the existence of a current step between the first two Fiske steps in the current-voltage characteristic. A simple probability model demonstrates an asymmetry in the statistical nature of the switching in the two directions

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
20
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1919-1922
ISSN
0031-9007