Impedance in Periodically Driven Stochastic Systems

Abstract

We study the time-dependent currents arising in periodically driven stochastic systems. In the linear regime of small driving, a closed expression is obtained for the impedance/admittance associated with these currents. This expression leads directly to an interpretation in terms of an equivalent electrical circuit. For a stochastic system with $N$ states, the electrical circuit consists of precisely $N$ parallel branches, with each branch comprising a resistor and a capacitor in series. The low- and high-frequency limits of these currents are calculated, and the results are generalized to more general current expressions. We demonstrate our findings across several archetypal settings, illustrating the potential to detect specific broken symmetries or the graph topology associated with the stochastic process.