Stochastic resonance and its precursors.

Dykman, Mark and Luchinsky, D. G. and Mannella, R. and McClintock, Peter V. E. and Stein, N. D. and Stocks, N. G. (1996) Stochastic resonance and its precursors. In: Fluctuations and Order: the New Synthesis :. Springer, Berlin, pp. 11-33. ISBN 0-387-94602-0

Abstract

We review some basic theoretical ideas and revealing experimental observations on stochastic resonance, a phenomenon in which the signal and/or signalto-noise ratio in a nonlinear system increases with increasing intensity of noise. These ideas and results are related to those known from earlier work in condensed matter physics.