Targeted synchronization in an externally driven population of mechanical oscillators. Chhabria, S., Blaha, K. A, Della Rossa, F., & Sorrentino, F. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 28(11):111102, AIP Publishing, 2018.
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We experimentally investigate the synchronization of driven metronomes using a servo motor to impose external control. We show that a driven metronome will only synchronize in a narrow range near its own frequency; when we introduce coupling between metronomes, we can widen the range of frequencies over which a metronome will synchronize to the external input. Using these features, we design a signal to synchronize a population of dissimilar metronomes; separately we design a signal to selectively synchronize a subpopulation of metronomes within a heterogeneous population.
@article{chhabria2018targeted,
  title={Targeted synchronization in an externally driven population of mechanical oscillators},
  author={Chhabria, Sumit and Blaha, Karen A and Della Rossa, Fabio and Sorrentino, Francesco},
  journal={Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science},
  volume={28},
  number={11},
  pages={111102},
  year={2018},
  publisher={AIP Publishing},
  abstract={We experimentally investigate the synchronization of driven metronomes using a servo motor to impose external control. We show that a driven metronome will only synchronize in a narrow range near its own frequency; when we introduce coupling between metronomes, we can widen the range of frequencies over which a metronome will synchronize to the external input. Using these features, we design a signal to synchronize a population of dissimilar metronomes; separately we design a signal to selectively synchronize a subpopulation of metronomes within a heterogeneous population.}
}

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