Laminar chaos in nonlinear electronic circuits with delay clock modulation

We study laminar chaos in an electronic experiment. A two-diode nonlinear circuit with delayed feedback shows chaotic dynamics similar to the Mackey-Glass or Ikeda delay systems. Clock modulation of a single delay line leads to a conservative variable delay, which with a second delay line is augmented to dissipative delays, leading to laminar chaotic regimes. We discuss the properties of this particular delay modulation and demonstrate experimental aspects of laminar chaos in terms of power spectra and return maps.