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| Title: | Synchronization of High-Dimensional Dynamical Systems |
| Authors: | Rogers, Elizabeth Anne |
| Advisors: | Roy, Rajarshi |
| Department/Program: | Physics |
| Type: | Dissertation |
| Sponsors: | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) |
| Keywords: | Physics, Optics (0752) |
| Issue Date: | 23-May-2005 |
| Abstract: | There are many examples of high-dimensional systems in nature. Often these systems behave in synchrony even though they possess a large number of degrees of freedom. Far fewer of these types of systems exist in the laboratory, and even fewer techniques exist with which to analyze them. As experimental capability increases, and more high-dimensional laboratory systems are fabricated, universal tools must be developed to observe and analyze the dynamics of these systems. This thesis will present experiments and analysis of two high-dimensional systems, coupled fiber ring lasers and a liquid crystal spatial light modulator with optoelectronic feedback.
Two identically constructed mutually coupled erbium doped fiber ring lasers were studied and were found to synchronize at very low coupling strengths. Synchronization error was characterized as a function of coupling strength. Optical frequency-locking and hopping as a result of the mutual coupling was also observed. Methods for dete... |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2628 |
| Appears in Collections: | Physics Theses and Dissertations
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