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Fabrication of Spatially Confined Complex Oxides
Published on: July 1, 2013
Traveling and stationary intrinsic localized modes and their spatial control in electrical lattices
L Q English1, F Palmero, A J Sievers
1Deptartment of Physics and Astronomy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013, USA.
Abstract:
This work focuses on the production of both stationary and traveling intrinsic localized modes (ILMs), also known as discrete breathers, in two closely related electrical lattices; we demonstrate experimentally that the interplay between these two ILM types can be utilized for the purpose of spatial control. We describe a novel mechanism that is responsible for the motion of driven ILMs in this system, and quantify this effect by modeling in some detail the electrical components comprising the lattice.
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