This volume gives a broad overview of the current state of the new and quickly developing field of digital communication with chaos, which is based on a combination of modern nonlinear science, laser physics, communication theory, and electrical engineering.

Has a cross-disciplinary character, as it reflects the current state of the art in the field which is an intersection of physics, applied mathematics, and electrical engineering Written by several leading experts in these fields and combines theoretical ideas and experimental results Focused towards implementation of theoretical ideas Discusses practical issues relevant for the engineering community: noise performance, robustness, and the information capacity of chaos-based communication schemes Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Jia-Ming Liu is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his PhD degree in applied physics from Harvard University in 1982. His research interests are in the areas of non-linear optics, ultrafast optics, photonic devices, optical wave propagation, nonlinear laser dynamics and chaotic communications. Dr Liu has written more than 150 scientific publications and holds 8 US patents. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America.

Inhalt
An Overview of Digital Communications Techniques Using Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics.- Digital Communication Using Self-Synchronizing Chaotic Pulse Position Modulation.- Spread Spectrum Communication with Chaotic Frequency Modulation.- Ultra-Wideband Communications Using Pseudo-Chaotic Time Hopping.- Optimum Spreading Sequences for Asynchronous CDMA System Based on Nonlinear Dynamical and Ergodic Theories.- Nonlinear Phenomena in Turbo Decoding Algorithms.- Security of Chaos-Based Communication and Encryption.- Random Finite Approximations of Chaotic Maps.- Numerical Methods for the Analysis of Dynamics and Synchronization of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems.- Dynamics and Synchronization of Semiconductor Lasers for Chaotic Optical Communications.- Performance of Synchronized Chaotic Optical Communication Systems.