Finite-time blowup for some nonlinear complex Ginzburg-Landau equations

In this article, we review finite-time blowup criteria for the family of complex Ginzburg-Landau equations $u_t = e^{ i\theta } [\Delta u + |u|^\alpha u] + \gamma u$ on ${\mathbb R}^N$, where $0 \le \theta \le \frac {\pi } {2}$, $\alpha >0$ and $\gamma \in {\mathbb R}$. We study in particular the effect of the parameters $\theta$ and $\gamma$, and the dependence of the blowup time on these parameters.