Chaos-induced intrinsic localized modes in coupled microcantilever arrays

Qingfei Chen, Liang Huang, Ying-Cheng Lai

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Abstract

We find that intrinsic localized modes (ILMs) in microelectromechanical cantilever arrays can be induced by the spatiotemporal chaos dynamics. For typical settings, spatiotemporal chaos is ubiquitous and can act as a natural platform for ILMs to arise. Our study suggests an experimental approach to preventing ILMs, i.e., to choose the modulation frequency so as to place the system in a regime where there is a low energy stable state. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number241914
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume92
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2008

Keywords

  • micromechanical oscillator arrays

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