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We study heteroclinic standing waves (dark solitons) in discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations with defocussing nonlinearity. Our main result is a quite elementary existence proof for waves with monotone and odd profile, and relies on…

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We consider the stability problem for standing waves of nonlinear Dirac models. Under a suitable definition of linear stability, and under some restriction on the spectrum, we prove at the same time orbital and asymptotic stability. We are…

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We consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with double power nonlinearity \begin{align*} i\partial_t u+\Delta u-|u|^{p-1}u+|u|^{q-1}u=0,\quad (t,x)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^N, \end{align*} where $1<p<q<1+4/(N-2)_+$. Due to the…

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We consider the Schr{\"o}dinger equation with a nondispersive logarithmic nonlinearity and a repulsive harmonic potential. For a suitable range of the coefficients, there exist two positive stationary solutions, each one generating a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Rémi Carles , Chunmei Su

We obtain the most general matrix criterion for stability and instability of multi-component solitary waves considering a system of $N$ incoherently coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations. Soliton stability is studied as a constrained…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-10-31 Dmitry E. Pelinovsky , Yuri S. Kivshar

In this note we study analytically and numerically the existence and stability of standing waves for one dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations whose nonlinearities are the sum of three powers. Special attention is paid to the curves…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-05 Fei Liu , Tai-Peng Tsai , Ian Zwiers

We extend the notion of orbital stability to systems of nonlinear Schrodinger equations, then we prove this property under suitable assumptions of the local nonlinearity involved.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-07-21 H. Hajaiej

We consider the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation with a harmonic potential in the presence of two combined energy-subcritical power nonlinearities. We assume that the larger power is defocusing, and the smaller power is focusing. Such a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Rémi Carles , Yavdat Ilyasov

We consider standing waves of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $i\partial_t u = -\Delta_\alpha u + |u|^{p-1}u$ in the defocusing case in dimensions $N=2$ and $N=3$. Here, $-\Delta_\alpha$ denotes the Laplacian with a point interaction.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Noriyoshi Fukaya , Yuki Osada , Mario Rastrelli

We discuss the (in)stability of solitary waves for a quasi-linear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. The equation contains a quasi-linear term, responsible for a saturation effect, as well as a power nonlinearity. For different exponents of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Meriem Bahhi , Jonas Lampart , Christian Klein , Simona Rota Nodari

We describe a mechanism that results in the nonlinear instability of stationary states even in the case where the stationary states are linearly stable. This instability is due to the nonlinearity-induced coupling of the linearization's…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-03 P. G. Kevrekidis , D. E. Pelinovsky , A. Saxena

In this paper, we study the stability and instability of plane wave solutions to semilinear systems of wave equations satisfying the null condition. We identify a condition which allows us to prove the global nonlinear asymptotic stability…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-04 John Anderson , Samuel Zbarsky

Nonlinear dynamics of surface gravity waves trapped by an opposing jet current is studied analytically and numerically. For wave fields narrowband in frequency but not necessarily with narrow angular distributions the developed asymptotic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-17 Victor Shrira , Alexey Slunyaev

In this paper, we determine the transverse instability of periodic standing wave solutions for the generalized Schr\"odinger equation with fractional power nonlinearity. The existence of periodic waves is determined by using a constrained…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-06 Fabio Natali , Gabriel E. Bittencourt Moraes

In this paper, we consider the nonlinear fractional Schr\"odinger equations with Hartree type nonlinearity. We obtain the existence of standing waves by studying the related constrained minimization problems by applying the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-22 Dan Wu

This paper is devoted to the study of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger-Poisson system with a doping profile. We are interested in the existence of stable standing waves by considering the associated $L^2$-minimization problem. The presence of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Mathieu Colin , Tatsuya Watanabe

We consider a system of two discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations, coupled by nonlinear and linear terms. For various physically relevant cases, we derive a modulational instability criterion for plane-wave solutions. We also find…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Z. Rapti , A. Trombettoni , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Boris A. Malomed , A. R. Bishop

We study the existence and stability of the standing waves for the periodic cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a point defect determined by a periodic Dirac distribution at the origin. This equation admits a smooth curve of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Jaime Angulo , Gustavo Ponce

Orbital stability property for weakly coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations is investigated. Different families of orbitally stable standing waves solutions will be found, generated by different classes of solutions of the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-26 Liliane Maia , Eugenio Montefusco , Benedetta Pellacci

Modulation instability in a nonlinear optical waveguide array with alternating positive and negative refractive indices is investigated analytically. Particular solutions of a system of coupled nonlinear equations are found. These solutions…

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