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Bruce McNamara
Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology
Publications - 10
Citations - 2199
Bruce McNamara is an academic researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Noise (electronics) & Parametric oscillator. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications receiving 2109 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruce McNamara include Reed College & University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Theory of stochastic resonance.
Bruce McNamara,Kurt Wiesenfeld +1 more
TL;DR: A detailed theoretical and numerical study of stochastic resonance, based on a rate equation approach, results in an equation for the output signal-to-noise ratio as a function of the rate at which noise induces hopping between the two states.
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Observation of stochastic resonance in a ring laser.
TL;DR: The first observation of stochastic resonance in an optical device, the bidirectional ring laser, is reported and the addition of injected noise can lead to an improved signal-to-noise ratio.
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Small-signal amplification in bifurcating dynamical systems
Kurt Wiesenfeld,Bruce McNamara +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that the superconducting Josephson-junction parametric amplifier is an example of this amplification process that acts to amplify small periodic perturbations near the onset of a dynamical instability.
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Period-doubling systems as small-signal amplifiers.
Kurt Wiesenfeld,Bruce McNamara +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that the superconducting Josephson parametric amplifier is an example of this amplification process of period-doubling bifurcation perturbations near half the fundamental frequency.
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Self-organized criticality in a deterministic automaton.
TL;DR: A deterministic version of the cellular automaton first shown to display self-organized criticality is studied, showing that there exist many coexisting periodic attractors, with a period that is independent of initial condition.