Abstract
We investigate the effect of coupling delays on the synchronization properties of several network motifs. In particular, we analyze the synchronization patterns of unidirectionally coupled rings, bidirectionally coupled rings, and open chains of Kuramoto oscillators. Our approach includes an analytical and semianalytical study of the existence and stability of different in-phase and out-of-phase periodic solutions, complemented by numerical simulations. The delay is found to act differently on networks possessing different symmetries. While for the unidirectionally coupled ring the coupling delay is mainly observed to induce multistability, its effect on bidirectionally coupled rings is to enhance the most symmetric solution. We also study the influence of feedback and conclude that it also promotes the in-phase solution of the coupled oscillators. We finally discuss the relation between our theoretical results on delay-coupled Kuramoto oscillators and the synchronization properties of networks consisting of real-world delay-coupled oscillators, such as semiconductor laser arrays and neuronal circuits.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 037116 |
| Journal | Chaos |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Sept 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2008 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Synchronization properties of network motifs: Influence of coupling delay and symmetryChaos 18, 037116 (2008) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2953582