title: Bistability in the sine-Gordon equation: the ideal switch.
abstract: The sine-Gordon equation, used as the representative nonlinear wave equation, presents a bistable behavior resulting from nonlinearity and generating hysteresis properties. We show that the process can be understood in a comprehensive analytical formulation and that it is a generic property of nonlinear systems possessing a natural band gap. The approach allows one to discover that the sine-Gordon equation can work as an ideal switch by reaching a transmissive regime with vanishing driving amplitude.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules CNRS-UMR5207, Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khomeriki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leon