Symmetry- and input-cluster synchronization in networks

Phys Rev E. 2018 Apr;97(4-1):042217. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.042217.

Abstract

We study cluster synchronization in networks and show that the stability of all possible cluster synchronization patterns depends on a small set of Lyapunov exponents. Our approach can be applied to clusters corresponding to both orbital partitions of the network nodes (symmetry-cluster synchronization) and equitable partitions of the network nodes (input-cluster synchronization). Our results are verified experimentally in networks of coupled optoelectronic oscillators.