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Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 064103 (2003) [4 pages]

Asymmetric Coupling Effects in the Synchronization of Spatially Extended Chaotic Systems

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J. Bragard1, S. Boccaletti2, and H. Mancini1
1Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain
2Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi, 6, 50125 Florence, Italy

Received 23 December 2002; published 8 August 2003

We analyze the effects of asymmetric couplings in setting different synchronization states for a pair of unidimensional fields obeying complex Ginzburg-Landau equations. Novel features such as asymmetry enhanced complete synchronization, limits for the appearance of phase synchronized states, and selection of the final synchronized dynamics are reported and characterized.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.064103
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.064103
PACS:
05.45.Jn, 05.45.Xt