OSCILLATION PHASE DYNAMICS IN THE BELOUSOV-ZHABOTINSKY REACTION - IMPLEMENTATION TO IMAGE-PROCESSING

The phase jump dynamics in a: photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction has been studied. It was found that an initially inhomogeneous phase distribution evolved to a homogeneous one, so that the phase at phase-lag points rises to the value at phase-lead points. A steep phase distribution was shown to become smoother in the course of time, inducing a dephasing wave which restores the system to a uniform phase. Applications of photosensitive chemical reactions to image processing (image storage, inversing, contouring) are discussed.