Generation of chaotic microwave pulses in broadband self-oscillating ring system with ferromagnetic film under the action of external pulse-modulated microwave signal

We have experimentally studied specific features of the generation of chaotic microwave pulse trains in a self-oscillating ring system with nonlinear delay line on surface magnetostatic waves, bandpass filter, and power amplifier on GaAs field-effect transistors under the action of an external pulse-modulated microwave signal occurring outside the band of the generated chaotic signal. It is established that a decrease in the off/duty ratio in the external pulse-modulated microwave signal leads to an increase in this ratio for the chaotic microwave pulses. The integral power of the chaotic microwave signal generated under the pulsed external signal action is increased as compared to the power of signal generated in the autonomous regime.     

Influence of the amplitude and phase nonlinearity of a spin-wave delay line on the wideband chaotic microwave generation

Regimes of wideband chaotic microwave generation have been studied in a self-oscillating ring system with a nonlinear delay line, in which magnetostatic backward volume waves (MSBVWs) are excited. It is established that a change in length of the delay line influences on its amplitude and phase nonlineartity, thus making it possible to control the characteristics of the chaotic microwave signal generated in the ring. It is demonstrated for the first time that a wideband chaotic microwave signal with a continuous spectrum and a nearly Gaussian probability density distribution can be generated by exciting MSBVWs in a self-oscillating ring system with a nonlinear delay line based on single ferromagnetic film.     

Controlled chaotic microwave generation under conditions of four-wave parametric interaction of surface spin waves

Controlled chaotic microwave generation under the conditions of four-wave parametric interaction of the surface spin waves has been experimentally studied in active resonance rings based on tangentially magnetized ferromagnetic films. It is shown that the chaotic microwave signal parameters can be effectively controlled.     

Generation of chaotic microwave pulses with the help of passive synchronization of spin wave self-modulation frequencies in self-oscillatory ring systems

Passive synchronization (PS) of spin wave self-modulation frequencies of a chaotic microwave signal has been observed for the first time in a self-oscillatory ring system involving a nonlinear passive element with saturable absorption. The development of PS led to the generation of a periodic train of chaotic microwave pulses with an off/duty ratio exceeding 20. It is established that the repetition period of chaotic microwave pulses can be controlled by changing gain in the ring system.     

Optimum filtration of microwave signals by a multiband spin-wave ring resonator

The optimum filtration of pulsed microwave signals by a multiband active spin-wave ring resonator has been studied for the first time. The ring resonator, which comprises a spin-wave delay line based on a ferromagnetic single crystal film of yttrium iron garnet with a microwave amplifier in the feedback chain, possesses a comblike amplitude-frequency characteristic with a large number of pass bands. It is established that the best filtration of a periodic train of rectangular microwave pulses is achieved provided that harmonics of the signal coincide with the positions of the resonator pass bands. Thus, an active spin-wave ring resonator can be used as the optimum filter for periodic pulsed microwave signals.     

Hyperbolic chaos generator based on coupled drift klystrons

A scheme of the generator of chaotic oscillations in the microwave band is proposed that is based on two drift klystrons coupled in a ring circuit. The first klystron doubles the frequency of the input signal and the second klystron mixes the second harmonic signal and the reference signal representing a periodic sequence of radio pulses filled with the third harmonic, followed by separation of the differential first harmonic signal. As a result, the transformation of the signal phase during the period of pulse repetition is described by a stretching map of the circle (Bernoulli map) and demonstrates chaotic behavior. Results of numerical calculations are presented that confirm the implementation of the proposed mechanism to ensure the generation of robust, structurally stable chaos in the system under consideration.     

Chaotic microwave self-generation in active rings based on ferromagnetic films

The phenomenon of chaotic microwave self-generation under conditions of a four-wave parametric spin wave interaction in active resonance rings based on ferromagnetic films has been studied for the first time. It is shown that microwave signals of various types—in particular, monochromatic, stationary soliton-like pulse trains, and dynamic chaos—can be generated by controlling the gain level in the active ring. Parameters characterizing the chaotic signal generated in the ring are determined.     

Generation of chaotic dissipative solitons in active ring resonator with one-dimensional periodic ferromagnetic miscrostructure

Generation of chaotic dissipative solitons has been observed in an active ring resonator with one-dimensional periodic ferromagnetic microstructure comprising a single-crystalline film of yttrium iron garnet (YIG) with a lattice of grooves oriented perpendicular to the direction of propagation of a magnetostatic surface wave (MSSW). A quasi-periodic train of chaotic dissipative solitons was generated in this system under the conditions of three-magnon processes of MSSW decay due to the passive synchronization (PS) of spin wave self-modulation in a frequency band corresponding to the first bandgap. The PS onset was caused by the saturable absorption of microwave signals within the bandgap of the MSSW transmission line.     

Generation of chaotic microwave pulses in a ring system based on a klystron power amplifier and a nonlinear delay line on magnetostatic waves

The autonomous generation of stationary chaotic microwave pulse trains in a self-oscillating ring system with a multicavity klystron power amplifier operating in a small-signal regime and a wideband non-linear delay line on surface magnetostatic waves has been experimentally studied. It is established that the characteristics of generated chaotic microwave pulses can be controlled by varying the electron beam current and accelerating voltage in the klystron.     

Light-induced EMF in silver-palladium film resistors

We have studied the generation of nanosecond emf pulses in silver-palladium film resistors under the action of radiation of a Q-switched laser. The samples were fabricated using the technology of thick film resistors on dielectric substrates, based on fusing a resistive paste that contains palladium, silver oxide, glass, and an organic binder into the substrate at 880 K. The amplitude of detected pulses exhibits linear growth with the power of incident laser radiation, depends on the angle of light incidence (vanishes at the normal incidence) onto the film and the angle of film rotation about the normal to its surface, and changes its sign with that of the incidence angle. The duration of the generated emf pulses is several times that of the incident laser pulses. The signal is not of a thermoelectric nature and can be related to the current generation by means of the surface photogalvanic effect and the photon quasi-momentum transfer to charge carriers during light absorption by the film material.     

Stochastic resonance in a bistable system driven by a chaotic signal

The behavior of a bistable oscillator under the action of a chaotic signal from a Rössler oscillator with a spiral attractor is considered. The influence of the width of the main spectral line of the chaotic drive signal on the signal to noise ratio at the response system’s output has been studied.     

Nonlinear suppression of microwave signals in a resonant magnetostatic wave transmission line

We have studied the phenomenon of suppression of a microwave signal in a magnetostatic wave (MSW) resonant transmission line comprising a microstrip resonator with a tangentially magnetized ferromagnetic film. Distinctions are revealed between the observed effects and those reported for a matched MSW line transmitting one microwave signal or two signals with different power levels.     

Suppressing pulsed microwave signals in a nonlinear spin wave interferometer

The suppression of S-band microwave pulses in a nonlinear spin wave interferometer was experimentally studied for the first time. The microwave interferometer employed a nonlinear spin wave phase shifter based on an yttrium iron garnet film. A signal representing a periodic sequence of rectangular pulses with a power of up to 2.5 mW passes through the nonlinear interferometer without distortion, while an increase in the pulse power to 13.8 mW results in virtually complete suppression of the pulsed signal.     

Wideband chaotic microwave signal generation in a ring system with a nonlinear delay line on coupled ferromagnetic films

Various regimes of chaotic signal generation have been studied in an self-oscillating ring system with a wideband nonlinear delay line based on coupled ferromagnetic films, in which magnetostatic backward volume waves (MSBVWs) are excited. It is shown for the first time that the simultaneous excitation of two waves in the coupled films leads to the appearance of a falling part in the dynamic characteristic of the MSBVW delay line and the generation of a broadband chaotic signal with a continuous spectrum. Under certain conditions, the ring exhibits a regime of intermittency, in which broadband chaotic signals with both continuous and discrete spectra are generated.     

Tuning the permeability spectra with a half-free ferromagnetic underlayer in (NiFe/IrMn)n exchange-biased multilayers

The influence of a half-free ferromagnetic underlayer on the static and microwave magnetic properties in [NiFe/IrMn]_n exchange bias multilayer thin film system has been systematically investigated. By changing the thickness of the half-free ferromagnetic underlayer, the linewidth of the ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in this system can be tuned from 0.9 to 2.4 GHz. Theoretical fitting of the FMR frequencies based on the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation is also carried out to quantitatively identify the effective anisotropy fields and Gilbert damping parameters. The results provide an effective and flexible way to tailor the microwave permeability spectra and broaden the frequency linewidth toward the low frequency range in [ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic]_n exchange bias multilayer films system. This approach has potential application for tunable wideband high frequency noise filters.     

Experimental study of the effect of external signal on microwave oscillations in a nonrelativistic electron beam with virtual cathode

The effect of an external harmonic signal on the characteristics of microwave generation in a non-relativistic electron beam with virtual cathode (VC) formed in a static retarding electric field (low-voltage vircator system) has been experimentally studied. A significant increase in the vircator generation power is observed when the frequency of the external signal is close to the frequency of VC oscillations. At large detunings, a broadband chaotic generation is observed.     

Dynamic characteristics of chaotic processes determined from point process analysis

The capability of calculating the highest Lyapunov index during analysis of the so-called point processes [1] is analyzed. Two mathematical models describing the generation of pulses by receptor neurons are considered and the conditions are established for which the dynamic characteristics of chaotic oscillations, determined from the output sequence of pulses, are retained during linear transformations of the neuron input signal.     

Microwave nonlinear spin wave directional coupler

A nonlinear spin-wave directional coupler for the microwave range has been designed, constructed, and studied for the first time. Each of the four ports of the device can be used as the input or output for a microwave signal. The role of a control element in the coupler is played by a nonlinear spin wave shifter based on a thin ferromagnetic film. A distinctive feature of the proposed device is that an increase in the input power level leads to the signal switching from one to another output, which is caused by a power-dependent variation in the spin wave phase shift.     

Chaotic pulse trains generated by a dynamical system driven by a periodic signal

Chaotic pulse trains (rf pulses) can be generated by a dynamical system driven by a periodic signal. This possibility is demonstrated using a generator of chaotic oscillations with 2.5 degrees of freedom. By controlling the frequency of external action and selecting a constant bias (working point), it is possible to vary the width of rf pulses and their repetition rate within broad limits.