Lag synchronization of hyperchaotic complex nonlinear systems

In this paper, we study the lag synchronization (LS) of n-dimensional hyperchaotic complex nonlinear systems. The idea of the nonlinear control technique based on the complex Lyapunov function with lag in time is used to propose a scheme to investigate LS of hyperchaotic attractors of these systems. Both complex Lyapunov and control functions are introduced. For illustration, the scheme is applied to two hyperchaotic complex Lorenz systems. The real and complex control functions are derived analytically to achieve LS and to show that the complex error dynamical systems are globally stable. Numerical results are calculated to test the validity of the analytical expressions of control functions to achieve LS of two identical hyperchaotic attractors.