Pulse-coupled chemical oscillators with time delay

Abstract

Finger on the pulse: In a system of two pulse-coupled Belousov-Zhabotinsky oscillators, introducing a time delay or increasing the coupling strength brings about novel dynamic features (see picture, the two oscillators are shown in different colors), such as reversal of the roles of excitatory and inhibitory coupling or fast anti-phase oscillation. These features are not observed in diffusively coupled systems, and shed light on how such pulse coupling occurs at synapses. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.