Research

My actual students

Manuel Morocho

Ph.D Student

Rafael Riveros

Ph.D Student

Elram Figueroa

Ph.D Student

Sebastian Nuñez

Summer Internship

Former Students

Alicia Castro

Magister en Ciencias, Mención Física

Dinámica de burbujas fluxónicas bajo fuerzas espaciotemporales
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2021)

Juan Marín

Ph.D Graduate

Localised structures and pattern formation in heterogenous nonlinear systems
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2018)

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Fernando Mellado

Ph.D Graduate

Milena Páez

Master Graduate

Characterization of Faraday pattern bifurcation subject to a heterogenous localized injection
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2019)

Hector Ramos

Master Student

Ondas de Faraday con inyección localizada en una celda cuasi-unidimensional
Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2016)

Alicia Castro

Undergraduate Student

Tomas Frias

Undergraduate Student

Estudio numérico de estabilidad de solitones en un sistema paramétrico inhomogéneo

David Valero

Undergraduate Student

Research Projects

• Fondecyt Regular Project

  Dynamical phenomena induced by spatial heterogeneities in out-of-equilibrium systems (Nº 1201434), founded by Fondecyt-Chile

  For many nonlinear dissipative systems, theoretical methods have been developed under ideal considerations as, uniform and homogeneous injection, non-boundary conditions, infinite systems, to mention a few. In the nonlinear regime, away from the bifurcation, numerical simulations allow grasping the dynamics under real conditions as boundaries effects, the presence of defects, and heterogeneous media. Propagation failure of fronts, oscillations, dissipation-driven behavior in finite systems, nucleation of stable structures, and chaotic behavior are examples of effects in systems under non-ideal conditions. The main goal of the present work is to study theoretically, numerically, and experimentally the dynamical behavior of nonlinear out-of-equilibrium systems in heterogeneous media. In particular, aim to explore two main questions, robust Rabi oscillations in dissipative out-of equilibrium systems and Faraday waves dynamics on a periodic localized substrate.

  The theoretical and numerical studies focus on a well known but yet not fully explored amplitude equation model under heterogeneous spatial conditions (PDNLS). We expect to broaden the knowledge on out-of-equilibrium systems through the theoretical description on the onset of new instabilities caused by spatial heterogeneities. This is combined with a low-cost, versatile experiment where dynamical exploration on pattern formation and localized structures under non-uniform conditions can be studied. We propose modifications and technical improvements on the setup, which will bring us the opportunity to mimics physical conditions on a controlled but still out-of-equilibrium environment.