Features of induced synchronization of a bistable oscillator with chaotic dynamics.

The features of induced synchronization of a Chua oscillator with a nonlinear element admitting cubic approximation have been numerically simulated for a system where the autonomous operation admits regular or chaotic regimes determined by losses in the oscillatory circuit. The cases of deterministic synchronization (under the action of a harmonic external driving signal) and chaotic synchronization (chaotic control) have been considered. It is established that, outside the band of synchronous oscillations that corresponds to the deterministic synchronization, the external harmonic signal stimulates the transformation of regular oscillations into chaos with the motions switched between two attractors. In cases of chaotic synchronization, there is a residual 'noise' in the form of differential chaotic oscillations, which grows with increasing non-identity of the driving and driven signals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]