Periodic external driving of transmission-delay-coupled phase oscillator system: Switching between different twisted states.

We consider the effects of an external periodic forcing on a spatially extended system that consists of identical phase oscillators coupled with transmission delays on a ring. Analyzing the continuum limit N→∞ of the model system along the Ott-Antonsen invariant manifold, we obtain the stability diagram for two regimes, called the forced and drifting entrainments. The former exhibits a spatially homogeneous solution trying to lock onto the drive, of which the stability boundary is rigorously determined.

Time-delay-induced spiral chimeras on a spherical surface of globally coupled oscillators.

We consider globally coupled networks of identical oscillators, located on the surface of a sphere with interaction time delays, and show that the distance-dependent time delays play a key role for the spiral chimeras to occur as a generic state in different systems of coupled oscillators. For the phase oscillator system, we analyze the existence and stability of stationary solutions along the Ott-Antonsen invariant manifold to find the bifurcation structure of the spiral chimera state. We demonstrate via an extensive numerical experiment that the time-delay-induced spiral chimeras are also present for coupled networks of the Stuart-Landau and Van der Pol oscillators in the same parameter regime as that of phase oscillators, with a series of evenly spaced band-type regions.

Asymmetric spiral chimeras on a spheric surface of nonlocally coupled phase oscillators.

The spiral chimera state shows a remarkable spatiotemporal pattern in a two-dimensional array of oscillators for which the coherent spiral arms coexist with incoherent cores. In this work, we report on an asymmetric spiral chimera having incoherent cores of different sizes on the spherical surface of identical phase oscillators with nonlocal coupling. This asymmetric spiral chimera exhibits a strongly symmetry-broken state in the sense that not only the coherent and incoherent domains coexist, but also their incoherent cores are nonidentical, although the underlying coupling structure is symmetric.

Symmetry breakings in two populations of oscillators coupled via diffusive environments: Chimera and heterosynchrony.

We consider two diffusively coupled populations of identical oscillators, where the oscillators in each population are coupled with a common dynamic environment. Existence and stability of a variety of stationary states are analyzed on the basis of the Ott-Antonsen reduction method, which reveals that the chimera state occurs under the diffusive coupling scheme. Furthermore, we find an exotic symmetry-breaking behavior, the so-called the heterosynchronous state, in which each population exhibits in-phase coherence, while the order parameters of two populations rotate at different phase velocities.

Chimera state on a spherical surface of nonlocally coupled oscillators with heterogeneous phase lags.

We consider a network of coupled oscillators embedded in the surface of a sphere with nonlocal coupling strength and heterogeneous phase lags. A nonlocal coupling scheme with heterogeneous phase lags that allows the system to be solved analytically is suggested and the main effects of heterogeneity in the phase lags on the existence and stability of steady states are analyzed. We explore the stability of solutions along the Ott-Antonsen invariant manifold and present a complete bifurcation diagram for stationary patterns including the coherent, incoherent, and modulated drift states as well as chimera state.

Symmetry-broken coherent state in a ring of nonlocally coupled identical oscillators.

We report on a modulated coherent state in a ring of nonlocally coupled oscillators. Although the identical oscillators are all synchronized under the symmetric coupling, the phase configuration has an inhomogeneous structure. This symmetry-broken coherent state exists only for a nonlocal coupling with both attracting and repulsive interactions, depending on the distance between oscillators, and emerges via a continuous bifurcation from a uniformly coherent state.

Chimera and modulated drift states in a ring of nonlocally coupled oscillators with heterogeneous phase lags.

We consider a ring of phase oscillators with nonlocal coupling strength and heterogeneous phase lags. We analyze the effects of heterogeneity in the phase lags on the existence and stability of a variety of steady states. A nonlocal coupling with heterogeneous phase lags that allows the system to be solved analytically is suggested and the stability of solutions along the Ott-Antonsen invariant manifold is explored.

Incoherent chimera and glassy states in coupled oscillators with frustrated interactions.

We suggest a site disorder model that describes the population of identical oscillators with quenched random interactions for both the coupling strength and coupling phase. We obtain the reduced equations for the suborder parameters, on the basis of Ott-Antonsen ansatz theory, and present a complete bifurcation analysis of the reduced system. New effects include the appearance of the incoherent chimera and glassy state, both of which are caused by heterogeneity of the coupling phases.