Autonomous bursting in a homoclinic system

Year: 2002

Authors: Meucci R., Di Garbo A., Allaria E., Arecchi F.T.

Autors Affiliation: Ist. Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Florence, Italy

Abstract: The output of a dynamical system in a regime of homoclinic chaos transforms from a continuous train of irregularly spaced spikes to clusters of regularly spaced spikes with quiescent periods in between ( bursting), provided a low frequency portion of the output is fed back. We provide experimental evidence of such an autonomous bursting by a CO2 laser with feedback. The phenomena here presented are extremely robust against noise and display qualitative analogies with bursting phenomena in neurons.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 88 (14)      Pages from: 144101-1  to: 144101-4

KeyWords: Calcium; Electrooptical devices; Feedback; Laser modes; Laser pulses; Laser tuning; Light modulation; Light modulators; Optical filters; Oscillations; Photodetectors; Pumping (laser), Autonomous bursting; Electro-optic modulator; Homoclinic system; Single mode laser; Variable gain amplifier, Carbon dioxide lasers, action potential; biological model; feedback system; laser; nerve cell; physiology, Action Potentials; Feedback; Lasers; Models, Biological; Neurons
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.144101

Citations: 35
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