中国物理B ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 20502-020502.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/2/020502

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高天附1 2,刘凤山1,陈金灿2   

  • 收稿日期:2011-04-15 修回日期:2011-11-08 出版日期:2012-01-30 发布日期:2012-01-30
  • 通讯作者: 高天附,tianfugao@163.com;陈金灿,jcchen@xmu.edu.cn E-mail:tianfugao@163.com;jcchen@xmu.edu.cn

Feedback control in a coupled Brownian ratchet

Gao Tian-Fu(高天附)a)b), Liu Feng-Shan(刘凤山)a), and Chen Jin-Can(陈金灿)b)   

  1. a. College of Physical Science and Technology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China;
    b. Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2011-04-15 Revised:2011-11-08 Online:2012-01-30 Published:2012-01-30
  • Contact: Gao Tian-Fu,tianfugao@163.com;Chen Jin-Can,jcchen@xmu.edu.cn E-mail:tianfugao@163.com;jcchen@xmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Foundation for the Doctoral Research Project of Shenyang Normal University, China (Grant No. 054- 55440107021) and the Science Foundation of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province, China (Grant No. 2009A646).

Abstract: On the basis of the double-well ratchet potential which can be calculated theoretically and implemented experimentally, the influences of the time delay, the coupling constant, and the asymmetric parameter of the potential on the performance of a delayed feedback ratchet consisting of two Brownian particles coupled mutually with a linear elastic force are investigated. The centre-of-mass velocity of two coupled Brownian particles, the average effective diffusion coefficient, and the Pe number are calculated. It is found that the parameters are affected by not only the time delay and coupling constant but also the asymmetric parameter of the double-well ratchet potential. It is also found that the enhancement of the current may be obtained by varying the coupling constant of the system for the weak coupling case. It is expected that the results obtained here may be observed in some physical and biological systems.

Key words: delayed feedback ratchet, double-well ratchet potential, coupling constant, center-of-mass velocity

中图分类号:  (Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion)

  • 05.40.-a
05.40.Jc (Brownian motion) 02.30.Yy (Control theory)