EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE AND FURTHER NUMERICAL STUDY OF TYPE-V INTERMITTENCY

We report the first experimental proof of type V intermittency in an e lectronic relaxation oscillator. The return maps obtained experimental ly have confirmed the collision of the discontinuity with a stable fix ed point at criticality. The measured average laminar lengths also sho w a good logarithmic dependence on the parameter distance from the cri tical value. The numerical study reveals that a special kind of discon tinuity can appear as a critical phenomenon and plays an important rol e in this intermittency.