We study the deterministic dynamics of a periodically driven particle in the underdamped case in a spatially symmetric periodic potential. The system is subjected to a space-dependent friction coefficient, which is similarly periodic as the potential but with a phase difference. We observe that frictional inhomogeneity in a symmetric periodic potential mimics most of the qualitative features of deterministic dynamics in a homogeneous system with an asymmetric periodic potential. We point out the need of averaging over the initial phase of the external drive at small frictional inhomogeneity parameter values or analogously low potential asymmetry regimes in obtaining ratchet current. We also show that at low amplitudes of the drive, where ratchet current is not possible in the deterministic case, noise plays a significant role in realizing ratchet current.
We investigate the performance of an inertial frictional ratchet in a sinusoidal potential driven by a sinusoidal external field. The dependence of the performance on the parameters of the sinusoidally varying friction, such as the mean friction coefficient and its phase difference with the potential, is studied in detail. Interestingly, under certain circumstances, the thermodynamic efficiency of the ratchet against an applied load shows a non-monotonic behavior as a function of the mean friction coefficient. Also, in the large friction ranges, the efficiency is shown to increase with increas…
Transient anomalous diffusion in periodic systems: ergodicity, symmetry breaking and velocity relaxation
研究了在周期势场中运动的惯性布朗粒子的远平衡输运。如最近对于SQUID棘轮动力学（Spiechowicz J. & Luczka J. Phys. Rev. E 91，062104（2015））所检测到的，粒子位置与其平均值的均方差可能涉及三个不同的中间扩散机制，尽管是扩展的扩散机制：最初是超扩散，然后是亚扩散，最后是渐近长时间限制中的正常扩散。尽管这些异常是瞬态效应，但它们的寿命可能比设置的特征时间尺度长很多很多个数量级，并且对温度或潜在不对称性等系统参数非常敏感。在本文中，我们揭示了与系统的遍历性，对称性破缺的周期势和超低松弛的粒子速度向其稳定状态的扩散异常的机制。类似的扩散行为序列可以在各种系统中检测到，包括，除其他外，在随机电位的胶体颗粒，玻璃形成液体和粒状气体。
