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Recently deep neural networks have received considerable attention due to their ability to extract and represent high-level abstractions in data sets. Deep neural networks such as fully-connected and convolutional neural networks have shown…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Arash Ardakani , Carlo Condo , Warren J. Gross

Coupling is an essential mechanism that drives complexity in natural systems, transforming single, non-interacting elements into intricate networks with rich physical properties. Here, we demonstrate a chip-scale coupled laser system that…

Synchronization is the spontaneous alignment of the dynamics of weakly-coupled oscillators. In addition to temporal dynamics like periodic and chaotic oscillations, also the spatio-temporal dynamics of spatially-extended systems like…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-11 Jules Mercadier , Stefan Bittner , Marc Sciamanna

We analyze experimentally and theoretically the response of a network of spiking nodes to external perturbations. The experimental system consists of an array of semiconductor lasers that are adaptively coupled through an optoelectronic…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-12-16 S. Barland , O. D'Huys , R. Veltz

The emergence of synchronization in a network of coupled oscillators is a fascinating topic in various scientific disciplines. A coupled oscillator network is characterized by a population of heterogeneous oscillators and a graph describing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Florian Dörfler , Michael Chertkov , Francesco Bullo

Networks of nonlinear units with time-delayed couplings can synchronize to a common chaotic trajectory. Although the delay time may be very large, the units can synchronize completely without time shift. For networks of coupled Bernoulli…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-17 A. Englert , S. Heiligenthal , W. Kinzel , I. Kanter

Coupled laser arrays exhibit rich and complex physical properties, making them powerful tools for exploring a wide range of phenomena. They enable efficient ground-state optimization of complex landscapes, solve computational problems,…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-10 Simon Mahler

It has been argued by Thom and Palm that sparsely-connected neural networks (SCNs) show improved performance over fully-connected networks (FCNs). Super-regular networks (SRNs) are neural networks composed of a set of stacked sparse layers…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Andrew W. E. McDonald , Ali Shokoufandeh

The reliable operation of large-scale electric power networks is increasingly challenging, particularly with the integration of stochastic renewable generation. In this work, we address the problem of minimizing network transients by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-29 Gerald Ogbonna , David Bindel , Lindsay C. Anderson

Nonlinear networks with time-delayed couplings may show strong and weak chaos, depending on the scaling of their Lyapunov exponent with the delay time. We study strong and weak chaos for semiconductor lasers, either with time-delayed…

Motivated by novel results in the theory of network synchronization, we analyze the effects of nonzero time delays in stochastic synchronization problems with linear couplings in an arbitrary network. We determine {\it analytically} the…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2015-05-19 Shahar Hod

We propose new mathematical optimization models for generating sparse dynamical graphs, or networks, that can achieve synchronization. The synchronization phenomenon is studied using the Kuramoto model, defined in terms of the adjacency…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Regina S. Burachik , Alexander C. Kalloniatis , C. Yalçın Kaya

Semiconductor laser arrays have been investigated experimentally and theoretically from the viewpoint of temporal and spatial coherence for the past forty years. In this work, we are focusing on a rather novel complex collective behavior,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-01-19 Joniald Shena , Johanne Hizanidis , Vassilios Kovanis , George P. Tsironis

The creation of nanoscale lasers that operate above a coherent threshold is a challenging problem. We propose a way to circumvent this issue using systems in which a strong coupling regime is achieved between the light and the active…

In this paper we construct and analyse strongly connected sparse directed networks with an enhanced propensity for synchronization (PFS). Two types of PFS-enhanced networks are considered: (i) an eigenratio minimizing ensemble with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-14 Markus Brede

Filming atoms in motion with sub-atomic spatiotemporal resolution is one of the distinguished scientific endeavors of our time. Newly emerging X-ray laser facilities are the most likely candidates to enable such a detailed gazing of atoms…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 Kemal Şafak , Ming Xin , Michael Y. Peng , Franz X. Kärtner

We investigate the existence of an optimal interplay between the natural frequencies of a group chaotic oscillators and the topological properties of the network they are embedded in. We identify the conditions for achieving phase…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-01-13 Per Sebastian Skardal , Ricardo Sevilla-Escoboza , Victor Vera-Ávila , Javier Martín Buldú

Balancing efficiency of bandwidth use and complexity of detection involves choosing a suitable load for a multi-access channel. In the case of synchronous CDMA, with random codes, it is possible to demonstrate the existence of a threshold…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-05-22 Jack Raymond

In this Letter we identify the general rules that determine the synchronization properties of interconnected networks. We study analytically, numerically and experimentally how the degree of the nodes through which two networks are…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-19 J. Aguirre , R. Sevilla-Escoboza , R. Gutiérrez , D. Papo , J. M. Buldú

Synchronization problem for linear coupled networks is a hot topic in recent decade. However, until now, some confused concepts and results still puzzle people. To avoid further misleading researchers, it is necessary to point out these…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-06-21 Tianping Chen