%0 Journal Article %A Makarov Slizneva, Valeriy %A Río, E. del %A Velarde, Manuel G. %A Ebeling, Werner %T Mode transitions and wave propagation in a driven-dissipative Toda-Rayleigh ring %D 2003 %@ 1539-3755 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50163 %X A circular lattice (ring) of N electronic elements with Toda-type exponential interactions and Rayleigh-type dissipation is used to illustrate wave formation, propagation, and switching between wave modes. A methodology is provided to help controlling modes, thus allowing it to realize any of (N-1) different wave modes (including soliton-type modes) and the switching between them by means of a single control parameter. %~