title: Experimental synchronization of spatiotemporal disorder.
abstract: We report experimental evidence of a time-lag synchronization of spatiotemporal complexity. The experiments were performed on two unidirectionally coupled, nonlinear-optical systems of single-feedback type. Synchronization was investigated for different degrees of complexity of the spontaneous structures, which were analyzed with cross-correlation functions and mutual information. Numerical simulations yield comparable results and throw a light on the impeding role of spatial inhomogeneities.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neubecker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gütlich