Control and synchronization of laser bursting and its implications in neuroscience.

Authors :: Arecchi FT
Meucci R
Al Naimee K
Salvadori F
Source :: Cognitive processing [Cogn Process] 2009 Feb; Vol. 10 Suppl 1, pp. S81-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Dec 02.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: We present experimental and numerical evidence of control and synchronization of burst events in modulated CO(2) lasers. Bursts appear randomly in each laser as trains of large amplitude spikes intercalated by a small amplitude chaotic regime. Experimental data and model display the frequency locking of bursts in a suitable interval of coupling strengths. The analogy with neuronal bursting will also be discussed in view of the role of bursting synchronization in cognitive functions.

Subjects :: Animals
Electrophysiology methods
Models, Neurological
Neurosciences
Nonlinear Dynamics
Oscillometry methods
Action Potentials physiology
Lasers
Neurons physiology

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