New spatial-temporal patterns and the first programmable on-chip bifurcation test-bed

In this paper we introduce a new experimental tool, a real-time programmable, spatial-temporal bifurcation test-bed. We present the experimental analysis of an antisymmetric template class. This class produces novel spatial-temporal patterns that have complex dynamics. The character of these propagating patterns depends on the self-feedback and on the sign of the coupling below the self-feedback template element. We also show how to use these patterns for morphological detection.