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We consider soliton dynamics and stability in a nonlinear lattice formed by alternating domains with focusing cubic and saturable nonlinearities. We find that in such lattices solitons centered on cubic domains may be stabilized even in…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-18 Olga V. Borovkova , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Lluis Torner

Solitons, as coherent structures that maintain their shape while traveling at constant velocity, are ubiquitous across various branches of physics, from fluid dynamics to quantum fields. However, it is within the realm of optics where…

Optics · Physics 2024-08-21 Dmitry Kazakov , Federico Capasso , Marco Piccardo

Families of coupled solitons of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric physical models with gain and loss in fractional dimension and in settings with and without cross-interactions modulation (CIM), are reported. Profiles, powers, stability areas, and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-11-02 Liangwei Zeng , Jincheng Shi , Xiaowei Lu , Yi Cai , Qifan Zhu , Hongyi Chen , Hu Long , Jingzhen Li

It has been recently discovered that stabilization of two-dimensional (2D) solitons against the critical collapse in media with the cubic nonlinearity by means of nonlinear lattices (NLs) is a challenging problem. We address the 1D version…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-03 Jianhua Zeng , Boris A. Malomed

We study the influences to the discrete soliton (DS) by introducing linearly long-range nonlocal interactions, which give rise to the off-diagonal elements of the linearly coupled matrix in the discrete nonlinear schrodinger equation to be…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-24 Zhijie Mai , Shenhe Fu , Jianxiong Wu , Yongyao Li

Our analysis suggests strongly that stationary pulses exist in nonlinear media with second-, third-, and fourth-order dispersion. A theory, based on the variational approach, is developed for finding approximate parameters of such solitons.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-05-29 Eduard N. Tsoy , Laziz A. Suyunov

We report results of systematic investigation of dynamics featured by moving two-dimensional (2D) solitons generated by the fractional nonlinear Schroedinger equation (FNLSE) with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity. The motion of solitons is a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-02-28 Thawatchai Mayteevarunyoo , Boris A. Malomed

We construct families of discrete solitons (DSs) in an array of self-defocusing waveguides with an embedded $\mathcal{PT}$ (parity-time)-symmetric dimer, which is represented by a pair of waveguides carrying mutually balanced gain and loss.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-11 Zhiqiang Chen , Jiasheng Huang , Jinglei Chai , Xiangyu Zhang , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

We consider a model of Bose-Einstein condensates which combines a stationary optical lattice (OL) and periodic change of the sign of the scattering length (SL) due to the Feshbach-resonance management. Ordinary solitons and ones of the gap…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Arthur Gubeskys , Boris A. Malomed , Ilya M. Merhasin

We analyze the existence and stability of localized solutions in the one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation with a combination of competing self-focusing cubic and defocusing quintic onsite nonlinearities. We…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-26 R. Carretero-Gonzalez , J. D. Talley , C. Chong , B. A. Malomed

We report stable composite vortex solitons in the model of a three-dimensional photonic crystal with the third-harmonic (TH) generation provided by the quasi-phase-matched quadratic nonlinearity. The photonic crystal is designed with a…

We consider possibilities to control dynamics of solitons of two types, maintained by the combination of cubic attraction and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in a two-component system, namely, semi-dipoles (SDs) and mixed modes (MMs), by making…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-03-14 H. Sakaguchi , B. A. Malomed

We consider the problem of the formation of soliton states from a modulationally unstable initial condition in the framework of the Schr\"odinger-Poisson (or Newton-Schr\"odinger) equation accounting for gravitational interactions. We…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-12-10 Josselin Garnier , Kilian Baudin , Adrien Fusaro , Antonio Picozzi

The article produces a brief review of some recent results which predict stable propagation of solitons and solitary vortices in models based on the nonlinear Schroedinger equation including fractional one- or two-dimensional diffraction…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-08-27 Boris A. Malomed

We introduce a two-dimensional (2D) discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation with self-attractive cubic nonlinearity in a rotating reference frame. The model applies to a Bose-Einstein condensate stirred by a rotating strong…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Cuevas , B. A. Malomed , P. G. Kevrekidis

The parametrically driven damped nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation serves as an amplitude equation for a variety of resonantly forced oscillatory systems on the plane. In this note, we consider its nodal soliton solutions. We show that…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 N. V. Alexeeva , E. V. Zemlyanaya

This concise review aims to provide a summary of the most relevant recent experimental and theoretical results for solitons, i.e., self-trapped bound states of nonlinear waves, in two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) media. In comparison…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-12-29 Boris A. Malomed

We consider a two-dimensional (2D) generalization of a recently proposed model [Phys. Rev. E 88, 032905 (2013)], which gives rise to bright discrete solitons supported by the defocusing nonlinearity whose local strength grows from the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-23 P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed , A. Saxena , D. J. Frantzeskakis , A. R. Bishop

Stable dissipative solitons are perfect carries of optical information due to remarkable stability of their waveforms that allows the signal transmission with extremely dense soliton packing without loosing the encoded information. Apart of…

We report localized nonlinear modes of the self-focusing and defocusing nonlocal nonlinear Schroedinger equation with the generalized PT-symmetric Scarf-II, Rosen-Morse, and periodic potentials. Parameter regions are presented for broken…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-05-31 Zichao Wen , Zhenya Yan