Separatrix splitting in a multiferroic neuromorphic oscillator: toward Arnold diffusion

Abstract

Prototype magnetic neuromorphic systems, in essence, are based either on ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic materials as key elements for conventional neuromorphic setups. In this work, we propose a novel neuromorphic system based on a ferromagnetic disk and a ferroelectric layer coupled via the magnetoelectric effect. We study a magnetoelectrically coupled ferromagnetic--ferroelectric oscillator as a candidate element for neuromorphic devices. A local reduction of conservative Landau--Lifshitz dynamics identifies a magnetic coordinate--momentum pair, which is coupled to an inertial ferroelectric polarization mode. We derive the action--angle description of the resulting double-well--harmonic-oscillator Hamiltonian, obtain the quartic-well frequency map and Fourier coefficients in terms of elliptic functions, and establish monotone in-well twist. In the autonomous two-degree-of-freedom model, isoenergetic nondegeneracy supports KAM confinement on regular compact domains. Periodic electric forcing introduces a third effective frequency, although the harmonic magnetic sector leaves the unperturbed resonance loci parallel. An explicitly specified nonlinear magnetic extension produces transverse resonance intersections. We calculate leading resonant widths and local homoclinic splitting, and derive a damping-dependent splitting threshold for a stated scalar reduction. These results identify analytical structures relevant to transport and explain possible polarization-based electrical readout. Establishing Arnold diffusion in the coupled model requires additional connecting-orbit analysis or controlled long-time evidence; neither a diffusion law nor Nekhoroshev stability of the driven model is inferred from the present finite-time calculations.