Abstract
The first experimental observation of a bifurcation sequence of patterns in a reaction-diffusion system is reported. The experiment on a one-dimensional system, maintained away from equilibrium, reveals steady, periodic, quasiperiodic, frequency-locked, period-doubled, and chaotic spatiotemporal states. Results from a model reaction-diffusion system agree qualitatively with the experiment and provide insight into the physical mechanism that drives the observed behavior.
- Received 18 August 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2163
©1988 American Physical Society
