Affiliation:
1. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Abstract
In a subexcitable light-sensitive Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) chemical medium an asymmetric disturbance causes the formation of localized traveling wave-fragments. Under the right conditions these wave-fragments can conserve their shape and velocity vectors for extended time periods. The size and life span of a fragment depend on the illumination level of the medium. When two or more wave-fragments collide they annihilate or merge into a new wave-fragment. In computer simulations based on the Oregonator model, we demonstrate that the outcomes of inter-fragment collisions can be controlled by varying the illumination level applied to the medium. We interpret these wave-fragments as values of Boolean variables and design collision-based polymorphic logical gates. The gate implements operation XNOR for low illumination, and it acts as NOR gate for high illumination. As a NOR gate is a universal gate, then we are able to demonstrate that a simulated light sensitive BZ medium exhibits computational universality.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Modeling and Simulation,Engineering (miscellaneous)
Cited by
25 articles.
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