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Coupled, nonlinear oscillators are often studied in applied biology, physics, fluids, and many other disciplines. In this paper, we study a parametrically driven, coupled oscillator system where the individual oscillators are subjected to…
We investigate the dynamics of a single phonon (oscillator) mode linearly coupled to an electronic few-level system in contact with external particle reservoirs (leads). A stationary electronic current through the system generates…
We discuss a classical nonlinear oscillator, which is proved to be a superintegrable system for which the bounded motions are quasiperiodic oscillations and the unbounded (scattering) motions are represented by hyperbolic functions. This…
This paper is a theoretical and a numerical investigation of the stability of a tip-cantilever system used in noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) when it oscillates close to a surface. No additional dissipative force is considered.…
We consider application of the multiple time delayed feedback for control of anharmonic (nonlinear) oscillators subject to noise. In contrast to the case of a single delay feedback, the multiple one exhibits resonances between feedback and…
This work provides a low-power method for chaos generation which is generally applicable to nonlinear M/NEMS resonators. The approach taken is independent of the material, scale, design, and actuation of the device in question; it simply…
Transport-induced self-sustained oscillations in electromechanical systems convert a static electrochemical bias into robust, autonomous oscillatory motion in the absence of any external periodic drive. However, an exact description of such…
Circadian clocks are biochemical oscillators that allow organisms to estimate the time of the day. These oscillators are inherently noisy due to the discrete nature of the reactants and the stochastic character of their interactions. To…
It is an intriguing concept to use oscillators as fundamental building blocks of electronic computers. The idea is not new, but is currently subject to intense research as a part of the quest for 'beyond Moore' electronic devices. In this…
Self-sustaining nonlinear oscillators of practically any type can function as latches and registers if Boolean logic states are represented physically as the phase of oscillatory signals. Combinational operations on such phase-encoded logic…
In this report, we lay the foundation for amplitude noise and phase noise analysis in nonlinear devices. We build a theoretical framework that helps us to analyze extremely difficult problems which include both nonlinearity and noise of…
Non-linear oscillators serve important functions in many biological systems, including within the inner ear and neuronal networks. The sustainment of oscillations in noisy environments requires continuous energy dissipation, quantified by…
High-stability quartz oscillators are needed in a number of space applications. A short-term stability of parts in 10^{-14} [Allan deviation \sigma y(\tau) ] is sometimes required, for integration time \tau of approximately 1-10 s. The…
We present an experimental technique allowing to stabilize the frequency of the non resonant wave in a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO) down to the kHz level, much below the pump frequency noise level. By comparing the…
A system obeying the harmonic oscillator equation of motion can be used as a force or proper acceleration sensor. In this short review we derive analytical expressions for the sensitivity of such sensors in a range of different situations,…
We study self-oscillations of an optomechanical system, where coherent mechanical oscillations are induced by a driven optical or microwave cavity, for the case of an anharmonic mechanical oscillator potential. A semiclassical analytical…
A noisy damping parameter in the equation of motion of a nonlinear oscillator renders the fixed point of the system unstable when the amplitude of the noise is sufficiently large. However, the stability diagram of the system can not be…
Ambient energy harvesting has been in recent years the recurring object of a number of research efforts aimed at providing an autonomous solution to the powering of small-scale electronic mobile devices. Among the different solutions,…
The phase space for a periodically driven nonlinear oscillator consists of many resonance zones. Let the strength of periodic excitation and the strength of the damping be indexed by a small parameter $\varepsilon$. It is well known that,…
In practical sensing tasks, noise is usually regarded as an obstruction to better performance and will degrade the sensitivity. Fortunately, \textit{stochastic resonance} (SR), a counterintuitive concept, can utilize noise to greatly…