Scaling law of resistance fluctuations in stationary random resistor networks
In a random resistor network we consider the simultaneous evolution of two competing random processes consisting in breaking and recovering the elementary resistors with probabilities W(D) and W(R). The condition W(R)>W(D)/(1+W(D)) leads to a stationary state, while in the opposite case, the broken resistor fraction reaches the percolation threshold p(c). We study the resistance noise of this system under stationary conditions by Monte Carlo simulations. The variance of resistance fluctuations <deltaR2> is found to follow a scaling law |p-p(c)|(-kappa(0)) with kappa(0) = 5.5. The proposed model relates quantitatively the defectiveness of a disordered media with its electrical and excess-noise characteristics.
Pennetta
C
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione e Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Universita di Lecce, Via Arnesano, I-73100 Lecce, Italy.
Trefan
G
Reggiani
L