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The long-time asymptotics is analyzed for finite energy solutions of the 1D Schr\"odinger equation coupled to a nonlinear oscillator. The coupled system is invariant with respect to the phase rotation group U(1). For initial states close to…

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Long-time evolution of a weakly perturbed wavetrain near the modulational instability threshold is investigated within the framework of the compact Zakharov equation for unidirectional deep-water waves, recently derived by Zakharov &…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-07-26 Francesco Fedele

We consider the Schr\"odinger equation with nonlinear derivative term on $[0,+\infty)$ under Robin boundary condition at $0$. Using a virial argument, we obtain the existence of blowing up solutions and using variational techniques, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Phan van Tin

This paper is concerned with the Cauchy problem for an inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrodinger equation with exponential growth nonlinearity and harmonic potential in two space dimensions. We prove global well-posedness, existence of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-19 T. Saanouni

The nonlinear Schroedinger equation possesses three distinct six-parameter families of complex-valued quasi-periodic travelling waves, one in the defocusing case and two in the focusing case. All these solutions have the property that their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thierry Gallay , Mariana Haragus

The well-known Stokes waves refer to periodic traveling waves under the gravity at the free surface of a two dimensional full water wave system. In this paper, we prove that small-amplitude Stokes waves with infinite depth are nonlinearly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Gong Chen , Qingtang Su

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 stability theory of solitary wave solutions for the generalized derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ i\partial_{t}u+\partial_{x}^{2}u+i|u|^{2\sigma}\partial_x u=0. $$ The equation has a two-parameter family of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-22 Zihua Guo , Cui Ning , Yifei Wu

The existence and stability of stable bright solitons in one-dimensional (1D) media with a spatially periodical modulated Kerr nonlinearity are demonstrated by means of the linear-stability analysis and in direct numerical simulations. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-09-24 Liangwei Zeng , Jianhua Zeng

We consider the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) model incorporating linear and nonlinear gain/loss. First, we describe analytically the dynamical regimes (depending on the gain/loss strengths), for…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-06-14 Z. A. Anastassi , G. Fotopoulos , D. J. Frantzeskakis , T. P. Horikis , N. I. Karachalios , P. G. Kevrekidis , I. G. Stratis , K. Vetas

In this paper, we establish the existence and instability of standing wave for a system of nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations arising in the two-wave model with quadratic interaction in higher space dimensions under mass resonance…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Zaihui Gan , Yue Wang

Breathers and rogue waves of special coupled nonlinear Schr\"odinger systems (the Manakov equations) are studied analytically. These systems model the orthogonal polarization modes in an optical fiber with randomly varying birefringence.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-10-29 Jin Hua Li , Hiu Ning Chan , Kin Seng Chiang , Kwok Wing Chow

We consider the focusing $L^2$-supercritical fractional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \[ i\partial_t u - (-\Delta)^s u = -|u|^\alpha u, \quad (t,x) \in \mathbb{R}^+ \times \mathbb{R}^d, \] where $d\geq 2, \frac{d}{2d-1} \leq s <1$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-13 Van Duong Dinh

We study the strong instability of ground-state standing waves $e^{i\omega t}\phi_\omega(x)$ for $N$-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with double power nonlinearity. One is $L^2$-subcritical, and the other is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-06 Noriyoshi Fukaya , Masahito Ohta

We study a 1D nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation appearing in the description of a particle inside an atomic nucleus. For various nonlinearities, the ground states are discussed and given in explicit form. Their stability is studied…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Christian Klein , Simona Rota Nodari

Nonlinearity in the Schr\"odinger equation gives rise to rich phenomena such as soliton formation, modulational instability, and self-organization in diverse physical systems. Motivated by recent advances in engineering nonlinear gauge…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-24 Harvey Cao , Daniel Leykam

We consider a dispersive equation of Schr{\"o}dinger type with a non-linearity slightly larger than cubic by a logarithmic factor. This equation is supposed to be an effective model for stable two dimensional quantum droplets with LHY…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Rémi Carles , Christof Sparber

We study strong instability of standing waves $e^{i\omega t} \phi_{\omega}(x)$ for nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with $L^2$-supercritical nonlinearity and a harmonic potential, where $\phi_{\omega}$ is a ground state of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Masahito Ohta

Plane wave solutions to the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on a torus have recently been shown to behave orbitally stable. Under generic perturbations of the initial data that are small in a high-order Sobolev norm, plane waves are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-04 Erwan Faou , Ludwig Gauckler , Christian Lubich

We consider the logarithmic Schr{\"o}dinger equations with damping, also called Schr{\"o}dinger-Langevin equation. On a periodic domain, this equation possesses plane wave solutions that are explicit. We prove that these solutions are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Quentin Chauleur , Erwan Faou