Chaos Addresses Energy in Networks of Electrical Oscillators

Abstract

In this paper, a new application of active chaos is presented. It will be shown how chaotic behavior allows to address the energy transport in networks of linear oscillators. The paper is focused on RLC oscillators coupled in a network through links implemented by capacitors. The capacitances are subjected to an external input which leads to fluctuations in their values. This creates the conditions for the onset of decoherence, a situation in which a phenomenon called environment-assisted quantum transport occurs in quantum mechanics. From numerical and experimental observations, the use of active chaos to alter the value of the coupling capacitances reveals to be more effective than the use of random fluctuations. This implies that an energy control strategy for linear systems based on chaos can be outlined.

Keywords

• Chaos
• nonlinear circuits
• nonlinear dynamics