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Control and synchronization of laser bursting and its implications in neuroscience
F Tito Arecchi1, Riccardo Meucci, Kais Al Naimee
1Department of Physics, Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
We present experimental and numerical evidence of control and synchronization of burst events in modulated CO(2) lasers. Bursts appear randomly in each laser as trains of large amplitude spikes intercalated by a small amplitude chaotic regime. Experimental data and model display the frequency locking of bursts in a suitable interval of coupling strengths. The analogy with neuronal bursting will also be discussed in view of the role of bursting synchronization in cognitive functions.
