Deterministic Smoluchowski-Feynman ratchets driven by chaotic noise

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2012 Jan;85(1 Pt 2):016212. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.016212. Epub 2012 Jan 23.

Abstract

We have elucidated the effect of statistical asymmetry on the directed current in Smoluchowski-Feynman ratchets driven by chaotic noise. Based on the inhomogeneous Smoluchowski equation and its generalized version, we arrive at analytical expressions of the directed current that includes a source term. The source term indicates that statistical asymmetry can drive the system further away from thermodynamic equilibrium, as exemplified by the constant flashing, the state-dependent, and the tilted deterministic Smoluchowski-Feynman ratchets, with the consequence of an enhancement in the directed current.