Abstract
One of the major challenges in chaos dynamics is the design of simple and realisable electronic circuits capable of complex dynamic behaviours. Our contribution studies the dynamics and implementation of a simple chaotic memristive RLC oscillator circuit of jerky type as well as its application in designing image cryptosystem. The proposed circuit consists of an operational amplifier and an RLC network, comprising a resistor, an inductor, and two capacitors. Considering the crucial role of symmetry in physical, chemical, biological, and mechanical systems, a voltage control memristor emulator is employed to induce symmetry in the proposed circuit. For the dynamic analysis, fourth-order differential equation with exponential nonlinearities is used. Furthermore, standard analysis tools such as Lyapunov spectrum, bifurcation analysis, and phase space trajectories are employed. The phase space is magnetized using four symmetric attractors coexisting for the same set of parameters and different initial conditions indicate the symmetricity of the proposed system. Meanwhile, asymmetric attractor is capable of merging into one symmetric attractor through an attractor-merging bifurcation. Extensive experimental validations of these properties via PSPICE simulations and by using real electronic components are reported. Finally, the chaotic sequences emanating from the proposed oscillator are exploited to design an encryption algorithm that is subsequently validated via simulations and standard image security analysis with prominent outcomes in terms of very low encryption time (0.0746s for 128 × 128 colour image), mean entropy of 7.999 and mean NPCR of 99.62% just to name a few.