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We examine conditions for finite-time collapse of the solutions of the higher-order nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation incorporating third-order dispersion, self-steepening, linear and nonlinear gain and loss, and Raman scattering; this…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-11-11 V. Achilleos , S. Diamantidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , T. P. Horikis , N. I. Karachalios , P. G. Kevrekidis

In this study, we consider the nonlinear Sch\"odinger equation (NLS) with the zero-boundary condition on a two- or three-dimensional large finite cubic lattice. We prove that its solution converges to that of the NLS on the entire Euclidean…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-22 Younghun Hong , Chulkwang Kwak , Changhun Yang

We investigate the dynamical behavior of continuous and discrete Schrodinger systems exhibiting parity-time (PT) invariant nonlinearities. We show that such equations behave in a fundamentally different fashion than their nonlinear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-06-03 Amarendra K. Sarma , Mohammad-Ali Miri , Ziad H. Musslimani , Demetrios N. Christodoulides

The question of well-posedness of the generalized focusing Ablowitz-Ladik and Discrete Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations with \textit{nonzero} boundary conditions on the infinite lattice is far less understood than in the case where the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Dirk Hennig , Nikos I. Karachalios , Dionyssios Mantzavinos , Dimitrios Mitsotakis

We demonstrate that periodic modulation of the nonlinearity coefficient in the discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation can strongly facilitate creation of traveling solitons in the lattice. We predict this possibility in an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-25 Jesus Cuevas , Boris A. Malomed , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We study the existence and stability of localized states in the discrete nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation (DNLS) on two-dimensional non-square lattices. The model includes both the nearest-neighbor and long-range interactions. For the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-07 P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed , Yu. B. Gaididei

During the evolution of coupled nonlinear oscillators on a lattice, with dynamics dictated by the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (DNLSE systems), two quantities are conserved: system energy (Hamiltonian) and system density…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-01-12 Uri Levy

We study a fractional version of the two-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation, where the usual discrete Laplacian is replaced by its fractional form that depends on a fractional exponent $s$ that interpolates…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2020-07-08 Mario I. Molina

The subject of PT-symmetry and its areas of application have been blossoming over the past decade. Here, we consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger model with a complex potential that can be tuned controllably away from being PT-symmetric, as it…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-01-26 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Y. Kominis

We consider a modulated discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) model with alternating on-site potential, having a linear spectrum with two branches separated by a 'forbidden' gap. Nonlinear localized time-periodic solutions with…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrey V. Gorbach , Magnus Johansson

Statistical mechanics of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is studied by means of analytical and numerical techniques. The lower bound of the Hamiltonian permits the construction of standard Gibbsian equilibrium measures for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Ø. Rasmussen , T. Cretegny , P. G. Kevrekidis , N. Grønbech-Jensen

The discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on \(\Z^d\), \(d \geq 1\) is an example of a dispersive nonlinear wave system. Being a Hamiltonian system that conserves also the \(\ell^2(\Z^d)\)-norm, the well-posedness of the corresponding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-03-14 Aleksis Vuoksenmaa

We show that a pair of coupled nonlinear oscillators, of which one oscillator has positive and the other one negative damping of equal rate, can form a Hamiltonian system. Small-amplitude oscillations in this system are governed by a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2014-05-28 I V Barashenkov , Mariagiovanna Gianfreda

In the work Cho et al. [Jpn. J. Ind. Appl. Math. 33 (2016): 145-166] the authors conjecture that the quadratic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) $i u_t = u_{xx} + u^2 $ for $ x \in \mathbb{T}$ is globally well-posed for real initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-11 Jonathan Jaquette

The dynamics of models described by a one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is studied. The nonlinearity in these models appears due to the coupling of the electronic motion to optical oscillators which are treated in…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 P. K. Datta , K. Kundu

We introduce four basic two-dimensional (2D) plaquette configurations with onsite cubic nonlinearities, which may be used as building blocks for 2D PT -symmetric lattices. For each configuration, we develop a dynamical model and examine its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-24 Kai Li , P. G. Kevrekidis , Boris A. Malomed , Uwe Guenther

We derive a class of discrete nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (DNLS) equations for general polynomial nonlinearity whose stationary solutions can be found from a reduced two-point algebraic problem. It is demonstrated that the derived class of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Dmitriev , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. A. Sukhorukov , N. Yoshikawa , S. Takeno

We consider the discrete solitons bifurcating from the anti-continuum limit of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) lattice. The discrete soliton in the anti-continuum limit represents an arbitrary finite superposition of {\em…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 D. E. Pelinovsky , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis

This article is a review of results on the nonlinear Schroedinger / Gross-Pitaevskii equation (NLS / GP). Nonlinear bound states and aspects of their stability theory are discussed from variational and bifurcation perspectives. Nonlinear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-04-22 Michael I. Weinstein

In the present work we propose a nonlinear anti-$\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimer, that at the linear level has been experimentally created in the realm of electric circuit resonators. We find four families of solutions, the so-called upper…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-01-27 A. S. Rodrigues , R. M. Ross , V. V. Konotop , A. Saxena , P. G. Kevrekidis