title: Capture and release of traveling intrinsic localized mode in coupled cantilever array.
abstract: A method to manipulate intrinsic localized mode (ILM) is numerically discussed in a nonlinear coupled oscillator array, which is obtained by modeling a microcantilever array. Prior to the manipulation, coexistence and dynamical stability of standing ILMs are first investigated. The stability of coexisting ILMs is determined by a nonlinear coupling coefficient of the array. In addition, the global phase structure, which dominates traveling ILMs, is also changed with the stability. It makes possible to manipulate a traveling ILM by adjusting the nonlinear coupling coefficient. The capture and release manipulation of the traveling ILM is shown numerically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. kimura@dove.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hikihara