Domain of attraction for stabilized orbits in time delayed feedback controlled Duffing systems

Dynamical singularities in adaptive delayed-feedback control

We demonstrate the dynamical characteristics of adaptive delayed-feedback control systems, exploiting a discrete-time adaptive control method derived for carrying out detailed analysis. In particular, the systems exhibit singularities such as power-law decay of the distribution of transient times and almost zero finite-time Lyapunov exponents. We can explain these results by characterizing such systems as having (1) a Jacobian matrix with unity eigenvalue in the whole phase space, and (2) parameters approaching a stability boundary proven to be identical with that of (nonadaptive) delayed-feedback control.

Experimental verification of Pyragas-Schöll-Fiedler control

We present an experimental realization of time-delayed feedback control proposed by Schöll and Fiedler. The scheme enables us to stabilize torsion-free periodic orbits in autonomous systems, and to overcome the so-called odd number limitation. The experimental control performance is in quantitative agreement with the bifurcation analysis of simple model systems. The results uncover some general features of the control scheme which are deemed to be relevant for a large class of setups.

Using ergodicity of chaotic systems for improving the global properties of the delayed feedback control method

A modified delayed feedback control algorithm with the improved global properties is proposed. The modification is based on the ergodic features of chaotic systems. We do not perturb the system until its state approaches a desired unstable periodic orbit and then we activate the delayed feedback control force. To evaluate the closeness of the system state to the target orbit, a special algorithm is devised. For continuous-time systems, it can be implemented by means of a simple low-pass filter. An additional low-pass filter can be used for selection of the particular orbit from several unstable orbits of the same period.

Delay and periodicity

Systems with time delay play an important role in modeling of many physical and biological processes. In this paper we describe generic properties of systems with time delay, which are related to the appearance and stability of periodic solutions. In particular, we show that delay systems generically have families of periodic solutions, which are reappearing for infinitely many delay times. As delay increases, the solution families overlap leading to increasing coexistence of multiple stable as well as unstable solutions. We also consider stability issue of periodic solutions with large delay by explaining asymptotic properties of the spectrum of characteristic multipliers. We show that the spectrum of multipliers can be split into two parts: pseudocontinuous and strongly unstable. The pseudocontinuous part of the spectrum mediates destabilization of periodic solutions.

Delayed feedback control of periodic orbits without torsion in nonautonomous chaotic systems: theory and experiment

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the unstable delayed feedback controller is an efficient tool for stabilizing torsion-free unstable periodic orbits in nonautonomous chaotic systems. To improve the global control performance we introduce a two-step control algorithm. The problem of a linear stability of the system under delayed feedback control is treated analytically. Theoretical results are confirmed by electronic circuit experiments for a forced double-well oscillator.

Global properties in an experimental realization of time-delayed feedback control with an unstable control loop

We demonstrate by electronic circuit experiments the feasibility of an unstable control loop to stabilize torsion-free orbits by time-delayed feedback control. Corresponding analytical normal form calculations and numerical simulations reveal a severe dependence of the basin of attraction on the particular coupling scheme of the control force. Such theoretical predictions are confirmed by the experiments and emphasize the importance of the coupling scheme for the global control performance.

Design of model-based controllers for a class of nonlinear chaotic systems using a single output feedback and state observers

A model-based control methodology for suppressing chaos for nonlinear systems is introduced. The proposed methodology generates new periodic orbits or steady states, which are not the solutions of the free system, using output feedback and state observers. The design uses the certainty equivalence principle to construct a linear closed loop system that can follow desired outputs with zero steady state offsets via using a pole-placement-like approach. The combined dynamics of both the controller and the state observer are carefully studied using the well-known Rössler system. The similarities and differences between the proposed control technique and both the double-notch filter feedback and the time-delay autosynchronization are investigated. The effect of parameter uncertainties is studied and robustness of the proposed controller is analyzed.

Delayed feedback control of chaos

Time-delayed feedback control is well known as a practical method for stabilizing unstable periodic orbits embedded in chaotic attractors. The method is based on applying feedback perturbation proportional to the deviation of the current state of the system from its state one period in the past, so that the control signal vanishes when the stabilization of the target orbit is attained. A brief review on experimental implementations, applications for theoretical models and most important modifications of the method is presented. Recent advancements in the theory, as well as an idea of using an unstable degree of freedom in a feedback loop to avoid a well-known topological limitation of the method, are described in detail.

Persistence of chaos in a time-delayed-feedback controlled Duffing system

This paper concerns global phase structures of a time-delayed-feedback controlled two-well Duffing system. The remains of a global stretch and fold structure along an unstable manifold, which develops from an unstable fixed point in function space, reveals that the global chaotic dynamics is inherited from the original system by the controlled system. The remains of the original chaotic dynamics causes a highly complicated domain of attraction for target orbits and a long chaotic transient before convergence.