Automatic control of phase synchronization in coupled complex oscillators (Q707172)

The authors present a control method, which achieves the phase locking of nonidentical regular or chaotic oscillators. The presented approach supposes the existence of a special controller, which allows one to change the parameters of the controlled systems. The general principle of the method can be illustrated as follows: Suppose one has two systems \(\dot x_i = F_i(x_i,\omega_i)\), \(i=1,2\), where \(x_i\in \mathbb{R}^n\), and \(\omega_i\) are their frequencies. Then the controlled systems will be of the following form \[ \dot x_i = F_i(x_i,\omega_i (1+\alpha_i u)), \] where \(\alpha_i\) are feedback controlling coefficients (some parameters) and \(u(t)\) is the control variable, which is determined from the following system \[ L u = \gamma_k \frac{d^k u}{dt^k} + \gamma_{k-1} \frac{d^{k-1} u}{dt^{k-1}} + \cdots + a_0 = Q(x_1,x_2). \] Here, \(L\) is a linear operator acting as a low pass filter, \(\gamma_k\) are nonnegative constants. \(Q(x_1,x_2)=x^T H x_2\) is a quadratic form. The approach is demonstrated on many examples including Rössler and Lorenz systems.