title: Noise-enhanced synchronization of homoclinic chaos in a CO2 laser.
abstract: Many chaotic oscillators have rather coherent phase dynamics but strong fluctuation in the amplitudes. Conversely, homoclinic chaos is characterized by quite regular spikes but strong fluctuation in their time intervals. We study the effects of noise on the synchronization of homoclinic chaos to a weak periodic signal and demonstrate numerically and experimentally in a CO2 laser system that noise enhances synchronization of homoclinic chaos. The system exhibits both conventional resonance versus driving frequency and stochastic resonance with respect to noise intensity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Potsdam, Postfach 601553, 14415 Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurths
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Allaria
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boccaletti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meucci
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Arecchi