Robust Finite-time Synchronization of Non-identical Fractional-order Hyperchaotic Systems and Its Application in Secure Communication

This paper proposes a novel adaptive sliding mode control (SMC) method for synchronization of non-identical fractional-order (FO) chaotic and hyper-chaotic systems. Under the existence of system uncertainties and external disturbances, finite-time synchronization between two FO chaotic and hyperchaotic systems is achieved by introducing a novel adaptive sliding mode controller (ASMC). Here in this paper, a fractional sliding surface is proposed. A stability criterion for FO nonlinear dynamic systems is introduced. Sufficient conditions to guarantee stable synchronization are given in the sense of the Lyapunov stability theorem. To tackle the uncertainties and external disturbances, appropriate adaptation laws are introduced. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is used for estimating the controller parameters. Finally, finite-time synchronization of the FO chaotic and hyper-chaotic systems is applied to secure communication.