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We discuss the behavior of solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation (NLSE) as they interact with complex potentials, using a four parameter variational approximation based on a dissipation functional formulation of…

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We consider the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation: \[ i\partial_t u = -\Delta u - |u|^2u + |u|^4u. \] In the first part of the paper, we analyze the one-parameter family of ground-state solitons associated to this equation with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Rowan Killip , Tadahiro Oh , Oana Pocovnicu , Monica Visan

We study numerically the nonintegrable dynamics of coherent, solitonic, nonlinear waves, in a spatially nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger equation relevant to realistic modelling of optical systems: the Schrodinger-Helmholtz equation. We…

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We theoretically investigate the scattering of bright solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate on narrow attractive potential wells. Reflection, transmission and trapping of an incident soliton are predicted to occur with remarkably abrupt…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-03-25 T. Ernst , J. Brand

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

In this work, we carry out a rigorous analysis of a multi-soliton solution of the focusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation as the number, $N$, of solitons grows to infinity. We discover configurations of $N$-soliton solutions which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Aikaterini Gkogkou , Guido Mazzuca , Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin

Discrete solitons in the Ablowitz-Ladik (AL) and discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) equations with damping and strong rapid drive are investigated. The averaged equations have the forms of the parametric AL and DNLS equations. A new…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-26 Josselin Garnier , Fatkhulla Abdullaev , Mario Salerno

In this paper we study the long time behavior of a discrete approximation in time and space of the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on the real line. More precisely, we consider a symplectic time splitting integrator applied to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-03-29 Dario Bambusi , Erwan Faou , Benoit Grebert

We consider the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Schroedinger eqiation with initial data close to a sum of N decoupled solitons. Under some suitable assumptions on the spectral structure of the one soliton linearizations we prove that for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Perelman

We derive a class of discrete nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (DNLS) equations for general polynomial nonlinearity whose stationary solutions can be found from a reduced two-point algebraic problem. It is demonstrated that the derived class of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Dmitriev , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. A. Sukhorukov , N. Yoshikawa , S. Takeno

We consider a two-component, two-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger system with unequal dispersion coefficients and self-defocusing nonlinearities, chiefly with equal strengths of the self- and cross-interactions. In this setting, a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-08-15 E. G. Charalampidis , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , B. A. Malomed

We study the collision of two fast solitons for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the presence of a spatially adiabatic external potential. For a high initial relative speed $\|v\|$ of the solitons, we show that, up to times of order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 W. K. Abou Salem , J. Froehlich , I. M. Sigal

Solitons are localised wave disturbances that propagate without changing shape, a result of a nonlinear interaction which compensates for wave packet dispersion. Individual solitons may collide, but a defining feature is that they pass…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-12-10 Jason H. V. Nguyen , Paul Dyke , De Luo , Boris A. Malomed , Randall G. Hulet

In this paper we investigate the dynamics of solitons occurring in the nonlinear Schroedinger equation when a parameter h->0. We prove that under suitable assumptions, the the soliton approximately follows the dynamics of a point particle,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-12-23 V. Benci , M. Ghimenti , A. M. Micheletti

We study fast-moving bright solitons in the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation perturbed by a narrow Gaussian potential barrier. In particular, we present a general and comprehensive analysis of the case where two fast-moving bright…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-05-28 John L. Helm , Thomas P. Billam , Simon A. Gardiner

Solitary wave and soliton solutions of nonlinear equations are well known for physicists. A soliton is a solitary wave with some outstanding features which make it reasonable to be studied seriously in nonlinear systems. In fact most of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2010-04-28 Azizollah Azizi , Mohammad Mohammadi

We introduce a setting based on the one-dimensional (1D) nonlinear Schroedinger equation (NLSE) with the self-focusing (SF) cubic term modulated by a singular function of the coordinate, |x|^{-a}. It may be additionally combined with the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-04 Olga V. Borovkova , Valery E. Lobanov , Boris A. Malomed

We consider a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in $\R^3$ with a bounded local potential. The linear Hamiltonian is assumed to have two bound states with the eigenvalues satisfying some resonance condition. Suppose that the initial data is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tai-Peng Tsai , Horng-Tzer Yau

Using numerical modeling investigated interaction of solitary waves (solitons) of the regularized long wave equation. For reception the stable model of the nonlinear medium are used methods of the linear prediction and progressive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. A. Bunyak

Consider the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a potential with a single negative eigenvalue. It has solitons with negative small energy, which are asymptotically stable, and solitons with positive large energy, which are…

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