title: Phase synchronization and suppression of chaos through intermittency in forcing of an electrochemical oscillator.
abstract: External periodic forcing was applied to a chaotic chemical oscillator in experiments on the electrodissolution of Ni in sulfuric acid solution. The amplitude and the frequency (Omega) of the forcing signal were varied in a region around Omega=omega(0), where omega(0) is the frequency of the unforced signal. Phase synchronization occurred with increase in the amplitude of the forcing. For Omega/omega(0) near 1 the signal remained chaotic after the transition to the phase-locked state; for Omega/omega(0) somewhat farther from 1 the transition was to a periodic state via intermittency. The experimental results are supported by numerical simulations using a general model for electrochemical oscillations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, 102 Engineers' Way, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, USA.
authors.forename: I Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hudson