Collective behavior of "electronic fireflies"
Abstract
A simple system composed of electronic oscillators capable of emitting and detecting light-pulses is studied. The oscillators are biologically inspired, their behavior is designed for keeping a desired light intensity, W, in the system. From another perspective, the system behaves like modified integrate and fire type neurons that are pulse-coupled with inhibitory type interactions: the firing of one oscillator delays the firing of all the others. Experimental and computational studies reveal that although no driving force favoring synchronization is considered, for a given interval of W phase-locking appears. This weak synchronization is sometimes accompanied by complex dynamical patterns in the flashing sequence of the oscillators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0802.0847,
title = {Collective behavior of "electronic fireflies"},
author = {M. Ercsey-Ravasz and Zs. Sarkozi and Z. Neda and A. Tunyagi and I. Burda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0847},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures included