Energy funneling in a bent chain of Morse oscillators with long-range coupling

2003/10/16 by P. V. Larsen, Pernille Voss Larsen, P. L. Christiansen +6
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #nlin.PS

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.69.026603

published as Phys. Rev. E 69, 026603 (2004) · 6 pages, 12 figures. Submitted to Physical Review E, Oct. 13, 2003

arxiv created 2003/10/16 · openalex publication_date 2004/02/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

A bent chain of coupled Morse oscillators with long-range dispersive interaction is considered. Moving localized excitations may be trapped in the bending region. Thus chain geometry acts like an impurity. An energy funneling effect is observed in the case of random initial conditions.

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