title: Chaotic channel.
abstract: This work combines the theory of chaotic synchronization with the theory of information in order to introduce the chaotic channel, an active medium formed by connected chaotic systems. This subset of a large chaotic net represents the path along which information flows. We show that the possible amount of information exchange between the transmitter, where information enters the net, and the receiver, the destination of the information, is proportional to the level of synchronization between these two special subsystems.
authors.affiliation: Universität Potsdam, Institut für Physik, Am Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurths