Intermittencies and power-law low-frequency divergencies in a nonlinear oscillator (Q1118739)

We study the different intermittent regimes in a nonlinear quadratic oscillator. By means of analog electronic simulations the intermittency region is located in the parameter space. The power spectrum exhibits a \(1/f^{\alpha}\) behavior, with \(\alpha =1,2\). The intermittent region is numerically studied and two different bifurcation schemes leading to Pomeau-Manneville intermittencies of type-I and type-III are identified. Furthermore a continuous change in the slope of the power-law low- frequency power spectrum is found and interpreted in terms of competition between two unstable fixed points. Finally, a one-dimensional map which displays the whole phenomenology of the physical system is provided.