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We study the dynamics of the motion of a metallic particle bouncing between alternating high-voltage electrodes in a compressed SF6 gas coaxial insulator. Through the study of the bifurcation diagram and attractors, we find that the dynamics of a metallic particle develops from a stable periodic motion to chaos as the strength of the electric field increases. Based on these results, we show numerically that the chaotic motion of the particle can be stabilized by using a chaos control method.

We experimentally stabilize a chaotic output of a diode-laser-pumped Nd:yttrium–aluminum–garnet laser by using oscillation quenching. When the chaotic laser is mutually coupled with a Rossler oscillator that is implemented by an electronic circuit, both chaotic systems are stabilized to steady states. We experimentally study the route to the steady states as the coupling strength increases, and numerically confirm the route by coupling Lorenz and Rossler oscillators mutually.