Anomalous fractal scaling in two-dimensional electric networks

Abstract

Much of the qualitative nature of physical systems can be predicted from the way it scales with system size. Contrary to the continuum expectation, we observe a profound deviation from logarithmic scaling in the impedance of a two-dimensional $LC$ circuit network. We find this anomalous impedance contribution to sensitively depend on the number of nodes $N$ in a curious erratic manner, and experimentally demonstrate its robustness against perturbations from the contact and parasitic impedance of individual components. This impedance anomaly is traced back to a generalized resonance condition reminiscent of the Harper's equation for electronic lattice transport in a magnetic field, even though our circuit network does not involve magnetic translation symmetry. It exhibits an emergent fractal parametric structure of anomalous impedance peaks for different $N$ that cannot be reconciled with continuum theory and does not correspond to regular waveguide resonant behavior. This anomalous fractal scaling extends to the transport properties of generic systems described by a network Laplacian whenever a resonance frequency scale is simultaneously present.

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