title: Relaying phase synchrony in chaotic oscillator chains.
abstract: We study the manner in which the effect of an external drive is transmitted through mutually coupled response systems by examining the phase synchrony between the drive and the response. Two different coupling schemes are used. Homogeneous couplings are via the same variables while heterogeneous couplings are through different variables. With the latter scenario, synchronization regimes are truncated with an increasing number of mutually coupled oscillators in contrast to homogeneous coupling schemes. Our results are illustrated for systems of coupled chaotic Rössler oscillators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Awadhesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramaswamy
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods