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Detection of noise-corrupted sinusoidal signals with Josephson junctions.
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PMID:  21230417     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We investigate the possibility of exploiting the speed and low noise features of Josephson junctions for detecting sinusoidal signals masked by Gaussian noise. We show that the escape time from the static locked state of a Josephson junction is very sensitive to a small periodic signal embedded in the noise, and therefore the analysis of the escape times can be employed to reveal the presence of the sinusoidal component. We propose and characterize two detection strategies: in the first, the initial phase is supposedly unknown (incoherent strategy), while in the second, the signal phase remains unknown but is fixed (coherent strategy). Our proposals are both suboptimal, with the linear filter being the optimal detection strategy, but they present some remarkable features, such as resonant activation, that make detection through Josephson junctions appealing in some special cases.
Authors:
Giovanni Filatrella; Vincenzo Pierro
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics     Volume:  82     ISSN:  1550-2376     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101136452     Medline TA:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  046712     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
CNR/SPIN and Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Sannio, Via Port'Arsa 11, I-82100 Benevento, Italy.
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