Spiral dynamics in excitable medium induced by external periodic modulation

摘要

Spatiotemporal dynamics of spiral tip and the evolution of spiral wave induced by external periodic modulation has been investigated in a generic excitable model. Tip dynamics of spiral wave depending on the frequency and strength of the external modulation is revealed by the meandering size variable Rx of the tip trajectory. Different effects of frequency and strength on spiral dynamics are observed and the corresponding mechanisms are explained. Finally, we can eliminate spiral wave out of the boundary successfully by suitably choosing the frequency and the strength of the external periodic modulation.