Dynamic analysis and image encryption application of a sinusoidal-polynomial composite chaotic system

Abstract

Due to complex properties of ergodicity, non-periodic ability and sensitivity to initial states, chaotic systems are widely used in cryptography. In this paper, we propose a sinusoidal-polynomial composite chaotic system (SPCCS), and prove that it satisfies Devaney’s definition of chaos: the sensitivity to initial conditions, topological transitivity and density of periodic points. The experimental results show that SPCCS has better unpredictability and more complex chaotic behavior than the classical chaotic maps. Furthermore, we provide a new image encryption algorithm combining pixel segmentation operation, block chaotic matrix confusing operation and pixel diffusion operation with the proposed SPCCS. The detailed simulation results verify superiority and effectiveness of the proposed image encryption algorithm.