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We study soliton dynamics in a system of two linearly coupled discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations, which describe the dynamics of a two-component Bose gas, coupled by an electromagnetic field, and confined in a strong optical…

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We consider a prototypical dynamical lattice model, namely, the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation on nonsquare lattice geometries. We present a systematic classification of the solutions that arise in principal six-lattice-site and…

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Coherent states play an important role in quantum mechanics because of their unique properties under time evolution. Here we explore this concept for one-dimensional repulsive nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations, which describe weakly…

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We study a discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger lattice with a parabolic trapping potential. The model, describing, e.g., an array of repulsive Bose-Einstein condensate droplets confined in the wells of an optical lattice, is analytically and…

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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…

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Discrete solitons of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (dNLS) equation become compactly supported in the anti-continuum limit of the zero coupling between lattice sites. Eigenvalues of the linearization of the dNLS equation at the…

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Compactons are studied in the framework of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with the sublinear nonlinearity. Compactons represent localized bell-shaped waves of either polarity which propagate to the same direction as waves of the…

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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…

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We study the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (DNLS) in an annular geometry with on-site defects. The dynamics of a traveling plane-wave maps onto an effective ''non-rigid pendulum'' Hamiltonian. The different regimes include the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Trombettoni , A. Smerzi , A. R. Bishop

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

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 E. Kopylova

A two-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger lattice with nonlinear coupling, modelling a square array of weakly coupled linear optical waveguides embedded in a nonlinear Kerr material, is studied. We find that despite a vanishing energy…

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We study the cubic- (focusing-)quintic (defocusing) nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in two transverse dimensions. We discuss a family of stationary traveling waves, including rarefaction pulses and vortexantivortex pairs, in a background…

Optics · Physics 2016-05-10 Ángel Paredes , David Feijoo , Humberto Michinel

We consider the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation in space dimension up to three. The cubic nonlinearity is thereby focusing while the quintic one is defocusing, ensuring global well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-07 Rémi Carles , Christof Sparber

A non-relativistic scalar field coupled minimally to electromagnetism supports in the presence of a homogeneous background electric charge density the existence of smooth, finite-energy topologically stable flux vortices. The static…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 G. N. Stratopoulos , T. N. Tomaras

Motivated by the study of matter waves in Bose-Einstein condensates and coupled nonlinear optical systems, we study a system of two coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations with inhomogeneous parameters, including a linear coupling. For that…

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