Generation and circuit implementation of fractional-order multi-scroll attractors

This paper considers the generating of multi-scroll chaotic attractors for a new fractional-order linear system by using the piecewise-linear function. Multi-scroll chaotic attractors are generated by extending the number of saddle equilibrium points with index 2. Poincaré map and maximum Lyapunov exponents are applied to verifying the chaotic behaviors of the generated multi-scroll chaotic attractors. A circuit for the multi-scroll attractor is designed and simulated. Moreover, physical experiment of 3-scroll attractors and 5-scroll attractors are implemented. The numerical simulation, the circuit simulation and hardware experimental results are in accordance with each other, which verifies the effectiveness and physical realization of the approach.