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We study the excitation and damping of tides in close binary systems, accounting for the leading order nonlinear corrections to linear tidal theory. These nonlinear corrections include two distinct effects: three-mode nonlinear interactions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Nevin N. Weinberg , Phil Arras , Eliot Quataert , Josh Burkart

We propose a generalized parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) -symmetric Li\'enard oscillator with two different orders of nonlinear position-dependent dissipation. We study the stability of the stationary states by using the eigenvalues of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-12 Jyoti Prasad Deka , Arjunan Govindarajan , Manas Kulkarni , Amarendra K. Sarma

We consider a periodic waveguide array whose unit cell consists of a $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quadrimer with two competing loss/gain parameter pairs which lead to qualitatively different symmetry-broken phases. It is shown that the…

Optics · Physics 2016-06-29 P. A. Kalozoumis , C. V. Morfonios , F. K. Diakonos , P. Schmelcher

Propagation of transition fronts in models of coupled oscillators with non-degenerate on-site potential is usually considered in terms of travelling waves. We show that the system dynamics can be reformulated as an implicit map structure,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-08-08 I. B. Shiroky , O. V. Gendelman

We consider plane waves propagating in quadratic nonlinear slab waveguides with nonlinear quasi-phase-matching gratings. We predict analytically and verify numerically the complete gain spectrum for transverse modulational instability,…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. F. Corney , Ole Bang

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

In this paper, we develop a model to describe the generalized wave-particle instability in a quasi-neutral plasma. We analyze the quasi-linear diffusion equation for particles by expressing an arbitrary unstable and resonant wave mode as a…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-10-22 Seong-Yeop Jeong , Daniel Verscharen , Robert T. Wicks , Andrew N. Fazakerley

We analyze a system of three two-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations coupled by linear terms and with the cubic-quintic (focusing-defocusing) nonlinearity. We consider two versions of the model: conservative and parity-time…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-14 David Feijoo , Dmitry A. Zezyulin , Vladimir V. Konotop

The instability and nonlinear evolution of directional ocean waves is investigated numerically by means of simulations of the governing kinetic equation for narrow-band surface waves. Our simulation results reveal the onset of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-14 Bengt Eliasson , Padma K. Shukla

In the actively coupled ($\mathcal{AC}$) pair of waveguides, the growth of small perturbations is saturated by the focussing nonlinearity that couples the linearly growing to the linearly damped mode. On the other hand, in the…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-19 I V Barashenkov , G S Jackson , S Flach

We consider an array of dual-core waveguides, which represent an optical realization of a chain of dimers, with an active (gain-loss) coupling between the cores, opposite signs of discrete diffraction in the parallel arrays, and a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-06-11 O. B. Kirikchi , B. A. Malomed , N. Karjanto , R. Kusdiantara , H. Susanto

We investigate the existence and stability of travelling wave solutions in a continuum field of non-locally coupled identical phase oscillators with distance-dependent propagation delays. A comprehensive stability diagram in the parametric…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2011-12-13 Gautam C. Sethia , Abhijit Sen

Parity-time-symmetric ($\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric) optical waveguide couplers have become a key component for integrated optics. They offer new possibilities for fast, ultracompact, configurable, all-optical signal processing. Here, we study…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-14 Wiktor Walasik , Natalia M. Litchinitser

We consider the asymmetric active coupler (AAC) consisting of two coupled dissimilar waveguides with gain and loss. We show that under generic conditions, not restricted by parity-time symmetry, there exist finite-power, constant-intensity…

Optics · Physics 2016-06-13 Yannis Kominis , Tassos Bountis , Sergej Flach

In this paper, extending previous results of \cite{J1}, we obtain pointwise nonlinear stability of periodic traveling reaction-diffusion waves, assuming spectral linearized stability, under nonlocalized perturbations. More precisely, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-06 Soyeun Jung , Kevin Zumbrun

We analyze the stability of a non-Hermitian coupler with respect to modulational inhomogeneous perturbations in the presence of unbalanced gain and loss. At the parity-time (PT) symmetry point the coupler is unstable. Suitable symmetry…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-06-28 Yannis Kominis , Tassos Bountis , Sergej Flach

We considered the modulational instability of continuous-wave backgrounds, and the related generation and evolution of deterministic rogue waves in the recently introduced parity-time (PT)-symmetric system of linearly-coupled nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2013-07-17 Yu. V. Bludov , R. Driben , V. V. Konotop , B. A. Malomed

A one-component bistable reaction-diffusion system with asymmetric nonlocal coup ling is derived as limiting case of a two-component activator-inhibitor reaction -diffusion model with differential advection. The effects of asymmetric…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-05-20 Julien Siebert , Sergio Alonso , Markus Bär , Eckehard Schöll

We study the nonlinear waves propagating in metal slot waveguides with a Kerr-type dielectric core. We develop two independent semi-analytical models to describe the properties of such waveguides. Using those models we compute the…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-12 Wiktor Walasik , Alejandro Rodriguez , Gilles Renversez

The nonreciprocal wave propagation in PT-symmetric periodic stack of binary dielectric layers characterised by balances loss and gain is analysed. The main mechanisms and resonant properties of the scattered plane waves are illustrated by…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-12 Oksana Shramkova , Giorgos Tsironis