Asymmetry-induced isolated fully synchronized state in coupled oscillator populations.

Omel'chenko, Oleh E; Ocampo-Espindola, Jorge Luis; Kiss, István Z · Phys Rev E · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A symmetry-breaking mechanism is investigated that creates bistability between fully and partially synchronized states in oscillator networks. Two populations of oscillators with unimodal frequency distribution and different amplitudes, in the presence of weak global coupling, are shown to simplify to a modular network with asymmetrical coupling. With increasing the coupling strength, a synchronization transition is observed with an isolated fully synchronized state. The results are interpreted theoretically in the thermodynamic limit and confirmed in experiments with chemical oscillators.