Experimental verification of Pyragas-Scholl-Fiedler control

We present an experimental realization of time-delayed feedback control proposed by Scholl and Fiedler. The scheme enables us to stabilize torsion-free periodic orbits in autonomous systems, and to overcome the so-called odd number limitation. The experimental control performance is in quantitative agreement with the bifurcation analysis of simple model systems. The results uncover some general features of the control scheme which are deemed to be relevant for a large class of setups.