Theoretical and experimental aspects of chaos control by time-delayed feedback

We review recent developments for the control of chaos by time-delayed feedback methods. While such methods are easily applied even in quite complex experimental context the theoretical analysis yields infinite-dimensional differential-difference systems which are hard to tackle. The essential ideas for a general theoretical approach are sketched and the results are compared to electronic circuits and to high power ferromagnetic resonance experiments. Our results show that the control performance can be understood on the basis of experimentally accessible quantities without resort to any model for the internal dynamics.     

Controlling localized spatiotemporal chaos using feedback control method

Suppression of localized spatiotemporal chaos observed in one-dimensional coupled map lattice system is achieved using feedback control [P. Parmananda, Yu. Jiang, Phys. Lett. A 231 (1997) 159; P. Parmananda, M. Hildebrand, M. Eiswirth, Phys. Rev. E 56 (1997) 239]. The control is successful both for the frozen random pattern and defect chaotic diffusion pattern. This Letter introduces a new improved feedback control method. To compare with other methods of feedback control, this method can achieve stable state with less iteration steps and more simple calculation process. We prove the stability of the controlled result by calculating maximal Lyapunov exponent. And we also find that this method is robust to small disturbance.     

Continuous feedback control of KdV Burgers system

The chaos in the KdV Burgers equation describing a ferroelectric system has been successfully controlled by using a continuous feedback control. This system has two stationary points. In order to know whether the chaos is controlled or not, the instability of control equation has been analysed numerically. The numerical analysis shows that the chaos can be converted to one point by using one control signal, however, it can converted to the other point by using three control signals. The chaotic motion is converted to two desired stationary points and periodic orbits in numerical experiment separately.     

A new criterion for chaos and hyperchaos synchronization using linear feedback control

Based on the characteristic of the chaotic or hyperchaotic system and linear feedback control method, synchronization of the two identical chaotic or hyperchaotic systems with different initial conditions is studied. The range of the control parameter for synchronization is derived. Simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization method.     

Controlling chaos in RCL-shunted Josephson junction by delayed linear feedback

The resistively-capacitively-inductively-shunted （RCL-shunted） Josephson junction （RCLSJJ） shows chaotic behaviour under some parameter conditions. Here a scheme for controlling chaos in the RCLSJJ is presented based on the linear feedback theory. Numerical simulations show that this scheme can be effectively used to control chaotic states in this junction into stable periodic states. Moreover, the different stable period states with different period numbers can be obtained by appropriately adjusting the feedback intensity and delay time without any pre-knowledge of this system required.     

Target-oriented chaos control

Designing intervention methods to control chaotic behavior in dynamical systems remains a challenging problem, in particular for systems that are difficult to access or to measure. We propose a simple, intuitive technique that modifies the values of the state variables directly toward a certain target. The intervention takes into account the difference to the target value, and is a combination of traditional proportional feedback and constant feedback methods. It proves particularly useful when the target corresponds to the equilibrium of the uncontrolled system, and is available or can be estimated from expert knowledge (e.g. in biology and economy).     

Controlling chaos in spatially extended beam-plasma system by the continuous delayed feedback

In this paper we discuss the control of complex spatio-temporal dynamics in a spatially extended nonlinear system (fluid model of Pierce diode) based on the concepts of controlling chaos in the systems with few degrees of freedom. A presented method is connected with stabilization of unstable homogeneous equilibrium state and the unstable spatio-temporal periodical states analogous to unstable periodic orbits of chaotic dynamics of the systems with few degrees of freedom. We show that this method is effective and allows to achieve desired regular dynamics chosen from a number of possible in the considered system.     

Controlling chaos by a delayed continuous feedback in a gas discharge plasma

Control of chaos by a delayed continuous feedback is studied experimentally in a gas discharge plasma. The power spectrum, the maximum of Lyapunov exponents and the time series of the signals all indicate that the period-1 unstable periodic orbit is controlled successfully. The dependence of the control on the delay time and the feedback gain as well as the strength of white noise is also investigated in detail. The experimental results show that the scaling index of the control versus the strength of white noise is 1.995, which is very close to that obtained from the simple logistic map.