Stability of localized solutions in a subcritically unstable pattern-forming system under a global delayed control

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 Apr;75(4 Pt 2):046213. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.046213. Epub 2007 Apr 25.

Abstract

The formation of spatially localized patterns in a system with subcritical instability under feedback control with delay is investigated within the framework of globally controlled Ginzburg-Landau equation. It is shown that feedback control can stabilize spatially localized solutions. With the increase of delay, these solutions undergo oscillatory instability that, for large enough control strength, results in the formation of localized oscillating pulses. With further increase of the delay the solution blows up.