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We introduce a 2D network built of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimers with on-site cubic nonlinearity, the gain and loss elements of the dimers being linked by parallel square-shaped lattices. The system may be realized as a set of…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-23 Zhaopin Chen , Jingfeng Liu , Shenhe Fu , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

We revisit the topic of the existence and azimuthal modulational stability of solitary vortices (alias vortex solitons) in the two-dimensional (2D) cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. We develop a semi-analytical approach,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2012-05-11 R. M. Caplan , R. Carretero-Gonzalez , P. G. Kevrekidis , B. A. Malomed

By means of the variational method and numerical simulations, we demonstrate the existence of stable 3D nonlinear modes, viz. vortex ``bullets'', in the form of pulsed beams carrying orbital angular momentum, that can self-trap in a 2D…

This paper reviews theoretical advances on the formation and stabilization of multidimensional solitons in nonlinear Schr\"odinger systems with attractive interactions, focusing on atomic Bose-Einstein condensates and nonlinear optics.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-31 Fatkhulla Abdullaev , Mario Salerno

This article offers a comprehensive survey of results obtained for solitons and complex nonlinear wave patterns supported by purely nonlinear lattices (NLs), which represent a spatially periodic modulation of the local strength and sign of…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Boris A. Malomed , Lluis Torner

We report families of two-dimensional (2D) composite solitons in spinor dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates, with two localized components linearly mixed by the spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and the intrinsic nonlinearity represented by the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-02-24 Xunda Jiang , Zhiwei Fan , Zhaopin Chen , Wei Pang , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

We elaborate one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) models of media with self-repulsive cubic nonlinearity, whose local strength is subject to spatial modulation that admits the existence of flat-top solitons of various types, including…

We introduce a three-dimensional (3D) model of optical media with the quadratic ($\chi ^{(2)}$) nonlinearity and an effective 2D isotropic harmonic-oscillator (HO) potential. While it is well known that 3D \chi^2 solitons with embedded…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-15 Hidetsugu Sakaguchi , Boris A. Malomed

Using the variational approximation(VA) and direct simulations, we find stable 2D and 3D solitons in the self-attractive Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) with a potential which is uniform in one direction ($z$) and periodic in the others…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-09-13 B. B. Baizakov , B. A. Malomed , M. Salerno

We derive the nonlinear equations governing the dynamics of three-dimensional (3D) disturbances in a nonuniform rotating self-gravitating fluid under the assumption that the characteristic frequencies of disturbances are small compared to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-02-15 Volodymyr M. Lashkin , Oleg K. Cheremnykh , Zahida Ehsan , Nazia Batool

We show, by means of numerical and analytical methods, that media with a repulsive nonlinearity which grows from the center to the periphery support a remarkable variety of previously unknown complex stationary and dynamical…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-19 Rodislav Driben , Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Boris A. Malomed , Torsten Meier , Lluis Torner

We introduce one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) models of parity-time ($% \mathcal{PT}$) -symmetric couplers with the mutually balanced linear gain and loss applied to the two cores, and cubic-quintic (CQ) nonlinearity acting in each one.…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-17 Gennadiy Burlak , Boris A. Malomed

In this paper, vortex solitons are produced for a variety of 2D spinning quantum droplets (QDs) in a PT-symmetric potential, modeled by the amended Gross-Pitaevskii equation with Lee-Huang-Yang corrections. In particular, exact QD states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Jin Song , Zhenya Yan , Boris A. Malomed

The stability of two-dimensional bright vortex solitons in a media with focusing cubic and defocusing quintic nonlinearities is investigated analytically and numerically. It is proved that above some critical beam powers not only one- and…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. A. Davydova , A. I. Yakimenko

We introduce a model of media with the cubic attractive nonlinearity concentrated along a single or double stripe in the two-dimensional (2D) plane. The model can be realized in terms of nonlinear optics (in the spatial and temporal domains…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2010-06-21 Nguyen Viet Hung , Pawe\lZiń , Marek Trippenbach , Boris A. Malomed

It is known that optical-lattice (OL) potentials can stabilize solitons and solitary vortices against the critical collapse, generated by the cubic attractive nonlinearity in the 2D geometry. We demonstrate OLs can also stabilize various…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 Rodislav Driben , Boris A. Malomed

By means of variational methods and systematic numerical analysis, we demonstrate the existence of stable solitons in three-dimensional (3D) free space, in the context of binary atomic condensates combining contact self-attraction and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-12-23 Yong-Chang Zhang , Zheng-Wei Zhou , Boris A. Malomed , Han Pu

We construct families of one-dimensional (1D) stable solitons in two-component $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric systems with spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and quintic nonlinearity, which plays the critical role in 1D setups. The system models light…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-02 Gennadiy Burlak , Zhaopin Chen , Boris A. Malomed

We study stability and dynamics of the single cylindrically symmetric solitary structures and dipolar solitonic molecules in spatially nonlocal media. The main properties of the solitons, vortex solitons, and dipolar solitons are…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-09-08 A. I. Yakimenko , V. M. Lashkin , O. O. Prikhodko

We perform accurate investigation of stability of localized vortices in an effectively two-dimensional ("pancake-shaped") trapped BEC with negative scattering length. The analysis combines computation of the stability eigenvalues and direct…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Dumitru Mihalache , Dumitru Mazilu , Boris A. Malomed , Falk Lederer