Ratchet universality in the bidirectional escape from a symmetric potential well

The present work discusses symmetry-breaking-induced bidirectional escape from a symmetric metastable potential well by the application of zero-average periodic forces in presence dissipation. We characterized interplay between heteroclinic instabilities leading to chaotic and breaking generalized parity symmetry directed ratchet an attractor either at $\ensuremath{\infty}$ or $\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\infty}$. Optimal enhancement is found occur when wave form force acting on damped driven oscillator matches as closely possible universal form, predicted theory universality. Specifically, optimal approximation triggers almost complete destruction nonescaping basin for driving amplitudes which are systematically lower than those corresponding having same period. expect that this could be potentially useful control elementary dynamic processes multidirectional well, such forced scattering laser-induced dissociation molecular systems, among others.