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In the present work, we explore the case of a general PT-symmetric dimer in the context of two both linearly and nonlinearly coupled cubic oscillators. To obtain an analytical handle on the system, we first explore the rotating wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-09-26 J. Cuevas-Maraver , A. Khare , P. G. Kevrekidis , H. Xu , A. Saxena

We propose a time-dependent partial differential equation model to investigate the dynamical behavior of the parity-time (PT) symmetric laser during the nonlinear stage of its operation. This model incorporates physical effects such as the…

Optics · Physics 2017-05-24 Jianke Yang

We revisit the theme of non-nearest-neighbor interactions in nonlinear dynamical lattices, in the prototypical setting of the discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Our approach offers a systematic way of analyzing the existence and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-13 P. G. Kevrekidis

A Parity-Time (PT)-symmetric system with periodically varying-in-time gain and loss modeled by two coupled Schrodinger equations (dimer) is studied. It is shown that the problem can be reduced to a perturbed pendulum-like equation. This is…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-07-19 F. Battelli , J. Diblik , M. Feckan , J. Pickton , M. Pospisil , H. Susanto

The time-independent nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is solved for two attractive delta-function shaped potential wells where an imaginary loss term is added in one well, and a gain term of the same size but with opposite sign in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-27 Holger Cartarius , Daniel Haag , Dennis Dast , Günter Wunner

For nonlinear dispersive systems, the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation can usually be derived as a formal approximation equation describing slow spatial and temporal modulations of the envelope of a spatially and temporally…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-18 Max Heß

We consider the problem of existence and stability of solitary traveling waves for the one dimensional discrete non linear Schroedinger equation (DNLS) with cubic nonlinearity, near the continuous limit.We construct a family of solutions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-10 Joackim Bernier , Erwan Faou

Nonlinear lattice models can support "discrete breather" excitations that stay localized in space for all time. By contrast, the localized Wannier states of linear lattice models are dynamically unstable. Nevertheless, symmetric and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Frank Schindler , Vir B. Bulchandani , Wladimir A. Benalcazar

In this chapter, we discuss experiments that realize the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) equations. The relevance of such descriptions arises from the competition of three common features: nonlinearity, dispersion, and a medium to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-09-08 Mason A. Porter

Local and global existence of localized solutions of a discrete nonlinear Schrodinger (DNLS) equation, with arbitrary on-site nonlinearity, is proved. In particular, it is shown that an initially localized excitation persists localized…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Pacciani , V. V. Konotop , G. Perla Menzala

In the present paper, we consider nonlinear PT-symmetric dimers and trimers (more generally, oligomers) embedded within a linear Schr{\"o}dinger lattice. We examine the stationary states of such chains in the form of plane waves, and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-04 J. D'Ambroise , P. G. Kevrekidis , S. Lepri

We investigate the dynamics of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation in fully connected networks. For a localized initial condition the exact solution shows the existence of two dynamical transitions as a function of the…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-05-27 G. P. Tsironis

We introduce a class of PT-symmetric systems which include mutually matched nonlinear loss and gain (inother words, a class of PT-invariant Hamiltonians in which both the harmonic and anharmonic parts are non-Hermitian). For a basic system…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Andrey E. Miroshnichenko , Boris A. Malomed , Yuri S. Kivshar

The effect of derivative nonlinearity and parity-time- (PT-) symmetric potentials on the wave propagation dynamics is investigated in the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation, where the physically interesting Scarff-II and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-04-19 Yong Chen , Zhenya Yan

We consider a class of one dimensional vector Non-linear Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger Equation(NLSE) in an external complex potential with Balanced Loss-Gain(BLG) and Linear Coupling(LC) among the components of the Schr$\ddot{o}$dinger field. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-06-13 Supriyo Ghosh , Pijush K. Ghosh

Existence of finite-time blow ups in the classical one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) (1) i \partial_t u + u_{x x} + |u|^{2r} u = 0, u(x,0) = u_0(x) has been one of the central problems in the studies of the singularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-11 Denis Gaidashev

From among the waves whose dynamics are governed by the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation, we find a robust, spatiotemporally disordered family, in which waves initialized with increasing amplitudes, on average, over long time scales,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-07-05 Katelyn Plaisier Leisman , Douglas Zhou , J. W. Banks , Gregor Kovačič , David Cai

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger-type (DNLS) equations. For a conservative system, we consider the global in time solvability and the question of existence of standing wave solutions.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Nikos I. Karachalios , Athanasios N. Yannacopoulos

We study the applicability of the derivative nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation, for the evolution of high frequency nonlinear waves, observed at the foreshock region of the terrestrial quasi-parallel bow shock. The use of a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-07 B. Hnat , D. Y. Kolotkov , D. O'Connell , V. M. Nakariakov , G. Rowlands

We consider a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric chain (ladder-shaped) system governed by the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation where the cubic nonlinearity is carried solely by two central "rungs" of the ladder. Two branches of scattering…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-22 Jennie D'Ambroise , Stefano Lepri , Boris A. Malomed , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis