Volumetric diffusers: pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice

Most conventional diffusers take the form of a surface based treatment, and as a result can only operate in hemispherical space. Placing a diffuser in the volume of a room might provide greater efficiency by allowing scattering into the whole space. A periodic cylinder array (or sonic crystal) produces periodicity lobes and uneven scattering. Introducing defects into an array, by removing or varying the size of some of the cylinders, can enhance their diffusing abilities. This paper applies number theoretic concepts to create cylinder arrays that have more even scattering. Predictions using a boundary element method are compared to measurements to verify the model, and suitable metrics are adopted to evaluate performance. Arrangements with good aperiodic autocorrelation properties tend to produce the best results. At low frequency power is controlled by object size and at high frequency diffusion is dominated by lattice spacing and structural similarity. Consequently the operational bandwidth is rather small. By using sparse arrays and varying cylinder sizes, a wider bandwidth can be achieved.     

Enhancement of Information Transmission by Array Induced Stochastic Resonance in the Processes of Amplitude and Frequency Modulations

Information transmission is studied in the cases of amplitude and frequency modulations where there is an impulsive jamming in the signal. By using the array approach of nonlinear elements, we find that for both the periodic and aperiodic modulations, the information transmission can be enhanced by adding independent external noise on every element of the array. The dependence of information transmission on the size of array and the impulsive interval of the jamming are also studied.     

Multibreather solitons in the diffraction managed NLS equation

We study analytically and numerically localized breather solutions in the averaged discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) with diffraction management, a system that models coupled waveguide arrays with periodic diffraction management geometries. Localized breathers can be characterized as constrained critical points of the Hamiltonian of the averaged diffraction managed NLS. In addition to local extrema, we find numerically more general solutions that are saddle points of the constrained Hamiltonian. An interesting class of saddle points are “multi-bump” solutions that are close to superpositions of translates of simpler breathers. In the case of zero residual diffraction and small diffraction management, the existence of multibumps can be shown rigorously by a continuation argument.     

Input-output gain of collective response in an uncoupled parallel array of saturating dynamical subsystems

We explore the collective response of an uncoupled parallel array of saturating dynamical subsystems to a noisy periodic or random signal. Numerical simulation results show that a parallel array of nonlinear saturating subsystems can enhance the signal transmission via tuning the internal noise intensity and increasing the array size. The input-output gain larger than unity, described by the signal-to-noise ratio for a periodic signal or the correlation coefficient for a random signal, is observed in a form of array stochastic resonance. This stochastic resonance phenomenon can be useful for practical information-processing systems.     

System size stochastic resonance in driven finite arrays of coupled bistable elements

The global response to weak time periodic forces of an array of noisy, coupled nonlinear systems might show a nonmonotonic dependence on the number of units in the array. This effect has been termed system size stochastic resonance by other authors. In this paper, we focus on a collective variable of a finite array of one-dimensional globally coupled bistable elements. We analyze the possible nonmonotonic dependence on the system size of its power spectral amplification and its signal-to-noise ratio.     

Ferromagnetic resonance investigation of collective phenomena in two-dimensional periodic arrays of Co particles

The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) method is used to study the collective phenomena in two-dimensional periodic arrays of disk-shaped Co particles. A study of geometrically similar structures with different periods reveals a broadening of the FMR resonance lines due to the excitation of additional size-dependent non-uniform spin waves. It is shown that these collective spin-wave modes are based on dipole–dipole interactions between the ferromagnetic particles in the array. Qualitative and quantitative data on magnetic interparticle interactions can thus be obtained from FMR spectra for two-dimensional periodic arrays of ferromagnetic particles. PACS 73.21.-b, 75.75.+a, 76.50.+g     

The effect on bending waves by defects in pinned elastic plates

This paper presents solutions to a number of problems posed for the out-of-plane displacement of infinite thin elastic plates that are rigidly pinned in periodic configurations, but that possess a finite number of ‘defects’. We begin by considering a single one-dimensional periodic array of pins. We derive an analytic solution for the displacement produced by the forced oscillation of the central pin in the array, and this solution is shown to be closely connected to the problem of scattering of plane waves by an array when a finite number of pins are removed. Attention then focuses on doubly periodic rectangular arrays of pinned points possessing defects. Central to approaching such problems is an understanding of Bloch–Floquet waves in periodic arrays in the absence of defects and a simple method is described for computing the associated dispersion surfaces. The solutions to three problems are then sought: the trapping of localised waves by a finite number of missing pins; trapping of waves by entire rows of missing pins; and the wave radiation pattern due to the forcing of a single pin. All problems are treated analytically using bounded Green's functions for thin elastic plates, a discrete Fourier transform solution method and simple, explicit and rapidly convergent evaluations of the one- and two-dimensional lattice sums that arise.     

分数阶时滞反馈对Duffing振子动力学特性的影响

研究了含分数阶时滞耦合反馈的Duffing自治系统, 通过平均法得到了系统周期解的一阶近似解析形式, 定义了以反馈系数、分数阶阶次、时滞参数表示的等效刚度和等效阻尼系数, 发现分数阶时滞耦合反馈同时具有速度时滞反馈和位移时滞反馈的作用. 比较了三种参数条件下近似解析解与数值积分的结果, 二者的吻合精度都很高, 证明了近似解析解的正确性和准确性. 分析了反馈系数、分数阶阶次和非线性刚度系数等参数对系统分岔点、周期解稳定性、周期解的存在范围、零解的稳定性以及稳定性切换次数等系统动力学特性的影响.     

Phenomenological theory of damped and undamped intensity oscillations in lasers

The usual phenomenological laser rate equations for the population inversion and the light intensity (Statz-deMars equations) are generalized to take into account intensity-dependent losses and Einstein coefficients. Sufficient conditions are given for these generalized equations in order to have only physically admissible solutions. The solutions either tend towards an equilibrium value in an aperiodic or oscillatory way or display an undamped periodic behavior. The theory is applied to the three-level laser and the four-level laser, without and with a saturable absorber asQ-switch. The applicability of the theory to various problems is discussed.     

A study of laser rate equations by Liapunov's second method

An investigation is made of a system of coupled nonlinear differential equations (Statz-DeMars equations), describing the time variation of photon density and inversion in a laser or maser, without solving these equations explicitly. The method applied is based onLiapunov's stability theory. The results are rigorous and imply no approximation; they are, therefore, valid for arbitrarily large nonlinear terms. In the physically meaningful halfspace of the phase plane, i.e. where the photon density is not negative, the Statz-DeMars equations admit only damped periodic and damped aperiodic solutions. The transition between the aperiodic and the periodic mode is achieved, when the pumping rate exceeds a critical value. It is proven that the whole halfspace considered belongs to the domain of asymptotic stability of the equilibrium state and, therefore, no limit cycles and no diverging solutions exist.     

Transient convective burning of interactive fuel droplets in single-layer arrays

The transient convective burning of n-octane droplets interacting within single-layer arrays in a hot gas flow perpendicular to the layer is studied numerically, with considerations of droplet surface regression, deceleration due to the drag of the droplets, internal liquid motion, variable properties, non-uniform liquid temperature and surface tension. Infinite periodic arrays, semi-infinite periodic arrays with one row of droplets (linear array) or two rows of droplets, and finite arrays with nine droplets with centers in a plane are investigated. All arrays are aligned orthogonal to the free stream direction. This paper compares the behavior of semi-infinite periodic arrays and finite arrays with the behavior of previously studied infinite periodic arrays. Furthermore, it identifies the critical values of the initial Damköhler number for bifurcations in flame behavior at various initial droplet spacing for all these arrays. The initial flame shape is either an envelope flame or a wake flame as determined by the initial Damköhler number, the array configuration and the initial droplet spacing. The critical initial Damköhler number separating initial wake flames from initial envelope flames decreases with increasing interaction amongst droplets at intermediate droplet spacing (when the number of rows in the array increases or the initial droplet spacing decreases for a specific number of rows in the array). In the transient process, an initial wake flame has a tendency to develop from a wake flame to an envelope flame, with the moment of wake-to-envelope transition advanced for the increasing interaction amongst droplets at intermediate droplet spacing. For the array with nine droplets with centers in a plane, the droplets at different types of positions have different critical initial Damköhler number and different wake-to-envelope transition time for initial wake flame.     

The appearance of gap solitons in a nonlinear Schrödinger lattice

We study the appearance of discrete gap solitons in a nonlinear Schrödinger model with a periodic on-site potential that possesses a gap evacuated of plane-wave solutions in the linear limit. For finite lattices supporting an anti-phase (q=π/2) gap edge phonon as an anharmonic standing wave in the nonlinear regime, gap solitons are numerically found to emerge via pitchfork bifurcations from the gap edge. Analytically, modulational instabilities between pairs of bifurcation points on this “nonlinear gap boundary” are found in terms of critical gap widths, turning to zero in the infinite-size limit, which are associated with the birth of the localized soliton as well as discrete multisolitons in the gap. Such tunable instabilities can be of relevance in exciting soliton states in modulated arrays of nonlinear optical waveguides or Bose-Einstein condensates in periodic potentials. For lattices whose gap edge phonon only asymptotically approaches the anti-phase solution, the nonlinear gap boundary splits in a bifurcation scenario leading to the birth of the discrete gap soliton as a continuable orbit to the gap edge in the linear limit. The instability-induced dynamics of the localized soliton in the gap regime is found to thermalize according to the Gibbsian equilibrium distribution, while the spontaneous formation of persisting intrinsically localized modes (discrete breathers) from the extended out-gap soliton reveals a phase transition of the solution.     

The bifurcation and peakons for the special C (3, 2, 2) equation

In this paper, we investigate a special C(3, 2, 2) equation $$\begin{array}{@{}rcl@{}} u_{t}+ku_{x}-u_{xxt}+3(u^{3})_{x}=u_{x}(u^{2})_{xx}+u(u^{2})_{xxx}. \end{array} $$ The bifurcation and some new exact representations of peakons, bell-shaped solitary wave solutions and periodic cusp wave solutions for the equation are obtained using the qualitative theory of dynamical systems. It is shown that the peakons are actually the limit of bell-shaped solitary waves and periodic cusp waves. Moreover, a new characteristic of non-smooth solutions, two peakons coexisting for the same wave speed, is found. Some previous results are extended.     

New classes of exact solutions and some transformations of the Navier-Stokes equations

New classes of exact solutions of three-dimensional nonstationary Navier-Stokes equations are described. These solutions contain arbitrary functions. Many periodic solutions (both with respect to the spatial coordinate and with respect to time) and aperiodic solutions are obtained, which can be expressed in terms of elementary functions. A Crocco-type transformation is presented, which reduces the order of the equation for the longitudinal component of the velocity. Problems concerning the nonlinear stability/instability of the solutions thus obtained are investigated. It turns out that a specific feature of many solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations is their instability. It is shown that instability can take place not only for rather large Reynolds numbers but also for arbitrarily small ones (and can be independent of the velocity profile of the fluid). A general physical interpretation and classification of solutions is given.     

二维抛物线离散映射的动力学研究

由两个一维抛物线离散映射作推广并非线性耦合,实现了一个新的二维抛物线离散映射.利用不动点稳定性分析和映射分岔分析,研究了所提出的二维离散映射的复杂动力学行为及其吸引子的演变过程,阐述了它所特有的共存分岔模式和快慢周期振荡效应等动力学特性.研究结果表明:二维抛物线离散映射具有动力学特性调节和动态幅度调节的两个功能不同的控制参数,存在Hopf分岔、分岔模式共存、锁频和周期振荡快慢效应等非线性物理现象.并基于微控制器实现的数字电路验证了相应的理论分析和数值仿真结果. 关键词： 二维离散映射 分岔 吸引子 参数     

Numerical investigation of coexisting high and low amplitude responses and safe basin erosion for a coupled linear oscillator and nonlinear absorber system

Over the last half century, numerous nonlinear variants of the tuned mass damper have been developed in order to improve attenuation characteristics. In the present study, the performance of a linear oscillator and an absorber with a strongly nonlinear cubic stiffness is evaluated by using numerical methods. This configuration has been of recent interest due to its capability of wide-band energy absorption. However, high amplitude solutions, which would amplify the response of the system, have been shown to often coexist with the low amplitude solutions. The present research is focused on numerically determining the relative strength of the coexisting solutions. Erosion profiles are presented, quantifying the integrity of the system, i.e. the likelihood of converging to a safe, low amplitude response, and providing an indication of the structural safety of a practical absorber system. The results indicate that the high amplitude solutions not only exist but significantly influence the response of the system within the range of expected operating conditions, particularly at excitation frequencies lower than the natural frequency of the linear oscillator. The erosion profiles indicate a 20–40% increase in system integrity for the case of zero damping compared to a small amount of damping, no significant integrity change when adding a small linear stiffness component to the nonlinear absorber, and no significant change in integrity between the midpoint and extreme of the bi-stable range. Additional higher-period solutions are also discovered and evidence of a chaotic response is presented.     

Multigap discrete vector solitons

We analyze nonlinear collective effects in periodic systems with multigap transmission spectra such as light in waveguide arrays or Bose-Einstein condensates in optical lattices. We reveal that the interband interactions in nonlinear periodic structures can be efficiently managed by controlling their geometry. We predict novel types of discrete vector solitons supported by nonlinear coupling between different band gaps and study their stability.     

Chaotic and self-organized critical behavior of a generalized slider-block model

The dynamical behavior of two-dimensional arrays of slider blocks is considered. The blocks are pulled across a frictional surface by a constant-velocity driver; the blocks are connected to the driver and to each other by springs. Only one block is allowed to slip at a time and its displacement can be obtained analytically; the system is deterministic with no stochastic inputs. Studies of a pair of slider blocks show that they exibit periodic, limit-cycle, or choatic behavior depending upon parameter values and initial conditions. Studies of large, two-dimensional arrays of blocks show self-organized criticality. Positive Lyapunov exponents are found that depend upon the stiffness and size of the array.     

Chaotic vibrations of a vocal fold model with a unilateral polyp

A nonlinear model was proposed to study chaotic vibrations of vocal folds with a unilateral vocal polyp. The model study found that the vocal polyp affected glottal closure and caused aperiodic vocal fold vibrations. Using nonlinear dynamic methods, aperiodic vibrations of the vocal fold model with a polyp were attributed to low-dimensional chaos. Bifurcation diagrams showed that vocal polyp size, stiffness, and damping had important effects on vocal fold vibrations. An increase in polyp size tended to induce subharmonic patterns and chaos. This study provides a theoretical basis to model aperiodic vibrations of vocal folds with a laryngeal mass.     

Novel spatial solitons in light-induced photonic bandgap structures

The study of wave propagation in periodic systems is at the frontiers of physics, from fluids to condensed matter physics, and from photonic crystals to Bose-Einstein condensates. In optics, a typical example of periodic system is a closely-spaced waveguide array, in which collective behavior of wave propagation exhibits many intriguing phenomena that have no counterpart in homogeneous media. Even in a linear waveguide array, the diffraction property of a light beam changes due to evanescent coupling between nearby waveguide sites, leading to normal and anomalous discrete diffraction. In a nonlinear waveguide array, a balance between diffraction and self-action gives rise to novel localized states such as spatial “discrete solitons” in the semi-infinite (or total-internal-reflection) gap or spatial “gap solitons” in the Bragg reflection gaps. Recently, in a series of experiments, we have “fabricated” closely-spaced waveguide arrays (photonic lattices) by optical induction. Such photonic structures have attracted great interest due to their novel physics, link to photonic crystals, as well as potential applications in optical switching and navigation. In this review article, we present a brief overview on our experimental demonstrations of a number of novel spatial soliton phenomena in light-induced photonic bandgap structures, including self-trapping of fundamental discrete solitons and more sophisticated lattice gap solitons. Much of our work has direct impact on the study of similar discrete phenomena in systems beyond optics, including sound waves, water waves, and matter waves (Bose-Einstein condensates) propagating in periodic potentials.