Laser chimeras as a paradigm for multistable patterns in complex systems.

ABSTRACT: A chimera state is a rich and fascinating class of self-organized solutions developed in high-dimensional networks. Necessary features of the network for the emergence of such complex but structured motions are non-local and symmetry breaking coupling. An accurate understanding of chimera states is expected to bring important insights on deterministic mechanism occurring in many structurally similar high-dimensional dynamics such as living systems, brain operation principles and even turbulence in hydrodynamics. Here we report on a powerful and highly controllable experiment based on an optoelectronic delayed feedback applied to a wavelength tuneable semiconductor laser, with which a wide variety of chimera patterns can be accurately investigated and interpreted. We uncover a cascade of hi

SUBMITTER: Larger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4510973 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature