Phase and frequency entrainment in locally coupled phase oscillators with repulsive interactions

Details Phase and frequency entrainment in locally coupled phase oscillators with repulsive interactions Phase and frequency entrainment in locally coupled phase oscillators with repulsive interactions

2010-09-29

arxiv.org/abs/1009.6004v3

Phys. Rev. E 83, 046206 (2011)

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

9 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.83.046206

Recent experiments in one and two-dimensional microfluidic arrays of droplets containing Belousov -Zhabotinsky reactants show a rich variety of spatial patterns [J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 1241-1246 (2010)]. The dominant coupling between these droplets is inhibitory. Motivated by this experimental system, we study repulsively coupled Kuramoto oscillators with nearest neighbor interactions, on a linear chain as well as a ring in one dimension, and on a triangular lattice in two dimensions. In one dimension, we show using linear stability analysis as well as numerical study, that the stable phase patterns depend on the geometry of the lattice. We show that a transition to the ordered state does not exist in the thermodynamic limit. In two dimensions, we show that the geometry of the lattice constrains the phase difference between two neighbouring oscillators to 120 degrees. We report the existence of domains with either clockwise or anti-clockwise helicity, leading to defects in the lattice. We study the time dependence of these domains and show that at large coupling strengths, the domains freeze due to frequency synchronization. Signatures of the above phenomena can be seen in the spatial correlation functions.

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