Oscillatory clusters in the periodically
illuminated, spatially extended Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Vanag VK, Zhabotinsky AM, Epstein IR
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
86 (3): 552-555 JAN 15 2001
Abstract:
Cluster-cluster transitions in the periodically illuminated photosensitive
Belsusov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction-diffusion system
exhibit the same scenario as in the autonomous BZ system with negative
global feedback: two-phase clusters <-> three-phase
clusters <-> irregular clusters <-> localized clusters. Transitions
induced by changing the dark (TD) or light (TL) phases of the
periodic external square wave illumination are dependent not only on
the frequency of illumination at constant T-D/T-L, but also
on the ratio T-D/T-L at constant frequency (when T-D + T-L = const).