Giant diffusion and coherent transport in tilted periodic inhomogeneous systems

Details Giant diffusion and coherent transport in tilted periodic inhomogeneous systems Giant diffusion and coherent transport in tilted periodic inhomogeneous systems

2002-07-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0207350v1

Phys. Rev. E 66, 041106 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.66.041106

We investigate the dynamics of an overdamped Brownian particle moving in a washboard potential with space dependent friction coefficient. Analytical expressions have been obtained for current and diffusion coefficient. We show that the effective diffusion coefficient can be enhanced or suppressed compared to that of the uniform friction case. The diffusion coefficient is maximum near the critical threshold ($F_{c}$), which is sensitive to temperature and the frictional profile. In some parameter regime we observe that increase in noise (temperature) decreases the diffusion, which is counter-intuitive. This leads to coherent transport with large mean velocity accompanied by small diffusion. This is shown explicitly by analysis of P\'{e}clet number, which has been introduced to study coherent or optimal transport. This phenomena is complementary to giant diffusion.

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