Suppression of spatiotemporal chaos in the oscillatory CO oxidation on Pt(110) by focused laser light.
Chemical turbulence in the oscillatory catalytic CO oxidation on Pt(110) is suppressed by means of focused laser light. The laser locally heats the platinum surface which leads to a local increase of the oscillation frequency, and to the formation of a pacemaker which emits target waves. These waves slowly entrain the medium and suppress the spatiotemporal chaos present in the absence of laser light. Our experimental results are confirmed by a detailed numerical analysis of one- and two-dimensional media using the Krischer-Eiswirth-Ertl model for CO oxidation on Pt(110). Different control regimes are identified and the dispersion relation of the system is determined using the pacemaker as an externally tunable wave source.
Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany. cpunckt@princeton.edu
Christian
C
Punckt
Michael
M
Stich
Carsten
C
Beta
Harm Hinrich
HH
Rotermund