A window of multistability in Genesio-Tesi chaotic system, synchronization and application for securing information

Abstract In this work, we further investigate the dynamics of the Genesio-Tesi chaotic system which consists of a relatively simple jerk circuit with a quadratic nonlinearity. We complete and enrich the results obtained by Aceng et al. (2016). For this reason, we focus our interest in multistability generation and chaos synchronization as well. By using simulation software tools like PASCAL compiler, Orcad PSPICE and MATLAB, these properties have been characterized via common nonlinear tools including phase portraits, temporal responses, frequency responses, bifurcation diagrams and maximum lyapunov exponent plots. The analysis shows that the Genesio-Tesi system under consideration is able to exhibit complex and interesting behaviors including period doubling bifurcation, chaos, periodic windows and coexistence of multiple attractors. This latter phenomenon has not been found in previous studies of the Genesio-Tesi oscillator thus merits to be shared. We have also shown that Genesio-Tesi systems in their chaotic states can be synchronized and used for a possible masking of information, thus illustrating its importance in engineering. Numerical findings have been validated through experimental studies.