Directed percolation phase transition at the onset of STI in an inhomogeneous coupled map lattice

A model for inhomogeneously coupled logistic maps is considered to find some critical exponents in the transition from inhomogeneous steady state to spatiotemporal chaos through spatiotemporal intermittency. The laminar state in the model is described by inhomogeneous steady state with spatial period two. We obtain a complete set of static exponents which match with the corresponding directed percolation (DP) values in (1+1) dimension. We also find four nonuniversal spreading exponents in which three exponents are in agreement with DP values. The model in which absorbing state is inhomogeneous steady state, contributes a new example in evidence of Pomeau's [18] conjecture that the onset of STI in a deterministic system belongs to DP universality class.