Vibrational resonance in an asymmetric bistable system with time-delay feedback

Abstract

Vibrational resonance is a resonant dynamics induced by a high-frequency periodic force at the low-frequency of the input periodic signal, and the input periodic signal is enhanced by a high-frequency signal. In this paper, a linear time-delayed feedback bistable system with an asymmetric double-well potential driven by both low-frequency and high-frequency periodic forces is constructed. Based on this model, the vibrational resonance phenomenon is investigated. Making use of the method of separating slow motion from fast motion under the conditions of Ω>>ω (Ω is the frequency of the high-frequency signal and ω is the one of the low-frequency signal), equivalent equations to the slow motion and the fast motion are obtained. Neglecting the nonlinear factors, the analytical expression of the response amplitude Q can be obtained, and the effects of the time-delay parameter α and the asymmetric parameter r on the vibrational resonance are discussed in detail. Moreover, the locations at which the vibrational resonance occurs, are obtained by means of solving the condition for a resonance to occur. A major consequence of time-delayed feedback is that it gives rise to a periodic or quasiperiodic pattern of vibrational resonance profile with respect to the time-delayed parameter, i.e. in Q-α plot, α can induce the Q which is periodic with the periods of the high-frequency signal and the low-frequency signal. The locations at which the vibrational resonance occurs are not changed by the asymmetric parameter r. However, the resonance amplitude is enhanced with increasing r. Specifically, the resonance amplitude is greatly enhanced when r>0.15. On the other hand, in the symmetric case (r=0), BVR at which the vibrational resonance occurs is periodic with the periods of high-frequency signal and low-frequency signal as α increases, which is shown in BVR-α (B is the amplitude of the high-frequency signal) plot. In Q-Ω plot, Q is presented by multi-resonance at the small values of B and Ω, but Q tends to a fixed value at the small values of B and the large values of Ω. We believe that the above theoretical observations will stimulate the experimental study of vibrational resonance in nonlinear oscillators and electronic circuits with time-delayed feedback.