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The nonlinear stage of the modulational (Benjamin - Feir) instability of unidirectional deep water surface gravity waves is simulated numerically by the firth-order nonlinear envelope equations. The conditions of steep and breaking waves…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-18 A. Slunyaev , E. Pelinovsky

In this paper, modulation instability and nonlinear supratransmission are investigated in a one-dimensional chain of atoms using cubic-quartic nonlinearity coefficients. As a result, we establish the discrete nonlinear evolution equation by…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-08-09 Alphonse Houwe , Souleymanou Abbagari , Lanre Akinyemi , Serge Yamigno Doka , Kofane Timoleon Crepin

In this paper we study a system of coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations modelling a quantum degenerate mixture of bosons and fermions. We analyze the stability of plane waves, give precise conditions for the existence of solitons and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan Belmonte-Beitia , Victor M. Perez-Garcia , Vadym Vekslerchik

We consider a system of two discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations, coupled by nonlinear and linear terms. For various physically relevant cases, we derive a modulational instability criterion for plane-wave solutions. We also find…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Z. Rapti , A. Trombettoni , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Boris A. Malomed , A. R. Bishop

We investigate the modulation instability of multiple four-wave mixing arising from a dual-frequency pump in a single-mode fiber or waveguide. By applying the Floquet theory on account of the periodic nature of four-wave mixing, we reveal a…

Optics · Physics 2011-05-31 Andrea Armaroli , Stefano Trillo

The generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with full dispersion (FDNLS) is considered in the semiclassical regime. The Whitham modulation equations are obtained for the FDNLS equation with general linear dispersion and a generalized,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-09-26 Patrick Sprenger , Mark A. Hoefer , Boaz Ilan

Modulational, Benjamin-Feir, instability is studied for the down-stream evolution of surface gravity waves. An explicit solution, the soliton on finite background, of the NLS equation in physical space is used to study various phenomena in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-03 Andonowati , N. Karjanto , E. van Groesen

Nonlinear instability and refraction by ocean currents are both important mechanisms that go beyond the Rayleigh approximation and may be responsible for the formation of freak waves. In this paper, we quantitatively study nonlinear effects…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-08-21 L. H. Ying , L. Kaplan

Formation of turbulence of capillary waves is studied in laboratory experiments. The spectra show multiple exponentially decreasing harmonics of the parametrically excited wave which nonlinearly broaden with the increase in forcing.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-07-26 H. Xia , M. Shats , H. Punzmann

Sea ice attenuates waves propagating from the open ocean. Here we model the evolution of energetic unidirectional random waves in the marginal ice zone with a nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation, with a frequency dependent dissipative term…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-06-03 Alberto Alberello , Emilian Parau

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 nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with double power nonlinearity \begin{align*} i\partial_t u+\Delta u-|u|^{p-1}u+|u|^{q-1}u=0,\quad (t,x)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^N, \end{align*} where $1<p<q<1+4/(N-2)_+$. Due to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Noriyoshi Fukaya , Masayuki Hayashi

We explore a prototypical two-dimensional model of the nonlinear Dirac type and examine its solitary wave and vortex solutions. In addition to identifying the stationary states, we provide a systematic spectral stability analysis,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-06-01 J. Cuevas-Maraver , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena , A. Comech , R. Lan

In this paper, we present new results regarding the orbital stability of solitary standing waves for the general fourth-order Schr\"odinger equation with mixed dispersion. The existence of solitary waves can be determined both as minimizers…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Handan Borluk , Gulcin M. Muslu , Fábio Natali

The present paper is the first part of a project devoted to the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (fNLS) equation. It is concerned with the existence and numerical generation of the solitary-wave solutions. For the first point, some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-22 A. Durán , N. Reguera

For the double power one dimensional nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation, we establish a complete classification of the stability or instability of standing waves with positive frequencies. In particular, we fill out the gaps left open by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Perla Kfoury , Stefan Le Coz , Tai-Peng Tsai

We consider the implementation of the split-step method where the linear part of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is solved using a finite-difference discretization of the spatial derivative. The von Neumann analysis predicts that this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-03 T. I. Lakoba

We consider a derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a general nonlinearity. This equation has a two parameter family of solitary wave solutions. We prove orbital stability/instability results that depend on the strength of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-06-18 Xiao Liu , Gideon Simpson , Catherine Sulem

Understanding, predicting, and controlling physical processes often relies on the analysis of the dynamics of partial differential equations (PDEs). In this context, the present study offers an in-depth investigation into the nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 J. M. Escorcia

The modulation instability is a focusing mechanism responsible for the formation of strong wave localizations not only on the water surface, but also in a variety of nonlinear dispersive media. Such dynamics is initiated from the injection…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-06-22 Yuchen He , Andy Witt , Stefano Trillo , Amin Chabchoub , Norbert Hoffmann