Experimental Study of Networks of Electronic Neuronlike Oscillators

Abstract

We construct an experimental setup for the investigation and control of collective dynamics in networks consisting of electronic neuronlike oscillators. In the setup, it is possible to specify an arbitrary architecture of couplings between oscillators and to vary the coupling coefficients during the experiment. Using the constructed setup we carry out an experimental study of the complex dynamics of coupled oscillators. It is shown that the using of an adaptively controlled delayed coupling between oscillators coupled into a ring allows one to achieve the in-phase synchronization of all oscillators in the network.