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Stability, bifurcations and edge oscillations in standing pulse solutions to an inhomogeneous reaction-diffusion system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

J. E. Rubin
J. E. Rubin
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Division of Applied MathematicsBrown UniversityBox F, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Abstract

We consider a class of inhomogeneous systems of reaction-diffusion equations that includes a model for cavity dynamics in the semiconductor Fabry–Pérot interferometer. By adapting topological and geometrical methods, we prove that a standing pulse solution to this system is stable in a certain parameter regime, under the simplification of homogeneous illumination. Moreover, we explain two bifurcation mechanisms which can cause a loss of stability, yielding travelling and standing pulses, respectively. We compute conditions for these bifurcations to persist when inhomogeneity is restored through a certain general perturbation. Under certain of these conditions, a Hopf bifurcation results, producing periodic solutions called edge oscillations. These inhomogeneous bifurcation mechanisms represent new means for the generation of solutions displaying edge oscillations in a reaction-diffusion system. The oscillations produced by each inhomogeneous bifurcation are expected to depend qualitatively on the properties of the corresponding homogeneous bifurcation.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 129 , Issue 5 , 1999 , pp. 1033 - 1079
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999

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