Delayed feedback control of noise-induced patterns in excitable media

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2006 Jul;74(1 Pt 2):016214. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016214. Epub 2006 Jul 31.

Abstract

We show that characteristic features of noise-induced spatiotemporal patterns in excitable media can be effectively controlled by applying delayed feedback. Actually, by variation of the time delay and of the strength of the feedback one can deliberately change both spatial and temporal coherence, as well as adjust the characteristic time scales.