Coherence of Noisy Oscillators with Delayed Feedback Inducing Multistability

Abstract: For self-sustained oscillators subject to noise the coherence, understood as a constancy of the instantaneous oscillation frequency, is one of the primary characteristics. The delayed feedback has been previously revealed to be an efficient tool for controlling coherence of noise-driven self-sustained oscillator. The effect of the delayed feedback control on coherence is stronger for a longer delay time. Meanwhile, the instantaneous frequency of a noise-free oscillator can exhibit multistability for long delay time. The impact of the delay-feedback--induced multistability on the oscillation coherence, measured by the phase diffusion constant, of a noisy oscillator is studied in this work both numerically and analytically.