title: Pattern formation through phase bistability in oscillatory systems with space-modulated forcing.
abstract: We propose a novel forcing technique of spatially extended self-oscillatory systems able to excite phase bistability and the dissipative structures associated with it. The forcing is time periodic at a frequency close to the oscillators' frequency and is spatially modulated. The effects of this type of forcing are demonstrated analytically and numerically in a directly driven complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. Both spatially periodic and spatially random drives prove to be effective.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Optica, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain, EU.
authors.forename: Germán J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: de Valcárcel
authors.forename: Kestutis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Staliunas