Temporal Modulation of Traveling Waves

I. Rehberg; S. Rasenat; J. Fineberg; M. de la Torre Juarez; V. Steinberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2449

Temporal Modulation of Traveling Waves

I. Rehberg, S. Rasenat, J. Fineberg, M. de la Torre Juarez, and V. Steinberg

Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2449 – Published 21 November 1988

Abstract

It is demonstrated that traveling waves lose stability with respect to standing waves under the influence of a spatially homogeneous temporal modulation in three different experimental systems. A phase diagram consistent with a recent theoretical prediction is presented.

Received 6 September 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2449

Authors & Affiliations

I. Rehberg^*, S. Rasenat^*, J. Fineberg, M. de la Torre Juarez^*, and V. Steinberg^†

Department of Nuclear Physics, Weizmann Institut, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

^*Permanent address: Physikalisches Institut, Universität, Bayreuth, D-8580 Bayreuth, West Germany.
^†Present address: Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545.