Low-frequency fluctuations in the Lang-Kobayashi equations
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1Optique Nonlinaire Theorique, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine Code Postal 231, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium.
Abstract:
The Lang-Kobayashi equations are simplified by a local analysis that focuses, in the long-delay-time limit, on one pair of mode-antimode only. In the domain of hysteresis between the two steady states, low frequency fluctuations (LFF) can be observed if there is a domain of bistability where both steady states are unstable. The high-frequency oscillations and the drop-offs in the LFF regime are associated with a dynamics close to the unstable upper and lower branch steady states, respectively.
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