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We consider a PT-symmetric ladder-shaped optical array consisting of a chain of waveguides with gain coupled to a parallel chain of waveguides with loss. All waveguides have the focusing Kerr nonlinearity. The array supports two co-existing…

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Existence of localized modes supported by the PT-symmetric nonlinear lattices is reported. The system considered reveals unusual properties: unlike other typical dissipative systems it possesses families (branches) of solutions, which can…

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We study basic properties of quiescent and rotating multipole-mode solitons supported by axially symmetric Bessel lattices in a medium with defocusing cubic nonlinearity. The solitons can be found in different rings of the lattice and are…

We report the experimental observation of discrete bright matter-wave solitons with attractive interaction in an optical lattice. Using an accordion lattice with adjustable spacing, we prepare a Bose-Einstein condensate of cesium atoms…

In the present contribution, we explore a host of different stationary states, namely dark-bright solitons and their lattices, that arise in the context of multi-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. The latter, are modeled by systems…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-18 D. Yan , F. Tsitoura , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis

We consider a model for a two-dimensional Kagome-lattice with defocusing nonlinearity, and show that families of localized discrete solitons may bifurcate from localized linear modes of the flat band with zero power threshold. Each family…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-09-17 Rodrigo A. Vicencio , Magnus Johansson

We consider the problem of the continuation with respect to a small parameter $\epsilon$ of spatially localised and time periodic solutions in 1-dimensional dNLS lattices, where $\epsilon$ represents the strength of the interaction among…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Veronica Danesi , Marco Sansottera , Simone Paleari , Tiziano Penati

We introduce a general model which augments the one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) equation by nonlinear-diffraction terms competing with the linear diffraction. The new terms contain two irreducible parameters and admit a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Y. Shen , P. G. Kevrekidis , N. Whitaker , Boris A. Malomed

We introduce a discrete linear lossy system with an embedded "hot spot" (HS), i.e., a site carrying linear gain and complex cubic nonlinearity. The system can be used to model an array of optical or plasmonic waveguides, where selective…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-26 Boris A. Malomed , Edwin Ding , K. W. Chow , S. K. Lai

We study the nonlinear localized modes in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates with parity-time-symmetric Scarf-II potential, which can be described by the coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations. Firstly, we investigate the linear stability…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Jia-Rui Zhang , Xia Wang

We study discrete surface solitons in semi-infinite, one-dimensional, nonlinear (Kerr), quasiperiodic waveguide arrays of the Fibonacci and Aubry-Andr\'e types, and explore different families of localized surface modes, as a function of…

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We investigate bright matter-wave solitons in the presence of a spatially varying nonlinearity. It is demonstrated that a translation mode is excited due to the spatial inhomogeneity and its frequency is derived analytically and also…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Niarchou , G. Theocharis , P. G. Kevrekidis , P. Schmelcher , D. J. Frantzeskakis

In this paper we give a simple and short proof of asymptotic stability of soliton for discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation near anti-continuous limit. Our novel insight is that the analysis of linearized operator, usually…

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We report analytical solutions for spatial solitons supported by layers of a quadratically nonlinear material embedded into a linear planar waveguide. A full set of symmetric, asymmetric, and antisymmetric modes pinned to a symmetric pair…

Optics · Physics 2016-04-27 Asia Shapira , Noa Voloch-Bloch , Boris A. Malomed , Ady Arie

We discuss existence and stability of two-dimensional solitons in media with spatially nonlocal nonlinear response. We show that such systems, which include thermal nonlinearity and dipolar Bose Einstein condensates, may support a variety…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Skupin , O. Bang , D. Edmundson , W. Krolikowski

We study nonlinear stability of spatially homogeneous oscillations in reaction-diffusion systems. Assuming absence of unstable linear modes and linear diffusive behavior for the neutral phase, we prove that spatially localized perturbations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-07-01 Thierry Gallay , Arnd Scheel

Topological dislocations in otherwise periodic lattices represent global structural defects that, nevertheless, typically leave the lattice periodicity intact far from the dislocation. Such dislocations arise in diverse physical systems…

Stability is an essential problem in theoretical and experimental studies of solitons in nonlinear media with fractional diffraction, which is represented by the Riesz derivative with Levy index (LI) taking values LI < 2. Fractional…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-02-26 Thawatchai Mayteevarunyoo , Boris A. Malomed

We reveal that spatially localized vortex solitons become stable in self-focusing nonlinear media when the vortex symmetry-breaking azimuthal instability is eliminated by a nonlocal nonlinear response. We study the main properties of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander Yakimenko , Yuri Zaliznyak , Yuri Kivshar