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A nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with dispersion averaged nonlinearity of saturated type is considered. Such a nonlocal NLS is of integro-differential type and it arises naturally in modeling fiber-optics communication systems with…
We consider the problem of existence and stability of solitary traveling waves for the one dimensional discrete non linear Schroedinger equation (DNLS) with cubic nonlinearity, near the continuous limit.We construct a family of solutions…
We study here the nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLS) as the first term in a sequence of approximations for an electromagnetic (EM) wave propagating according to the nonlinear Maxwell equations (NLM). The dielectric medium is assumed to be…
We study numerically the nonlinear stage of modulational instability (MI) of cnoidal waves, in the framework of the focusing one-dimensional Nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. Cnoidal waves are the exact periodic solutions of the NLS…
Dispersive shock waves and solitons are fundamental nonlinear excitations in dispersive media, but dispersive shock wave studies to date have been severely constrained. Here we report on a novel dispersive hydrodynamics testbed: the…
Motivated by the analysis of the propagation of internal waves in a stratified ocean, we consider in this article the incompressible Euler equations with variable density in a flat strip, and we study the evolution of perturbations of the…
We measure evolution of spectra, spatial correlation functions and probability density functions (PDFs) of waves appearance for a set of one-dimensional NLS-like equations of focusing type, namely for the classical integrable Nonlinear…
In this work, we investigate the existence and orbital (in)stability of several branches of standing--wave solutions for the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) posed on a looping--edge graph $\mathcal{G}$, consisting of a circle…
Non linear fiber optics concerns with the non linear optical phenomena occurring inside optical fibers. The propagation of light in single-mode fibers is governed by the one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) in the presence…
The derivative nonlinear Schrodinger (DNLS) equation is the canonical model for dynamics of nonlinear waves in plasma physics and optics. We study exact solutions describing rogue waves on the background of periodic standing waves in the…
We study the periodic cubic derivative non-linear Schr\"odinger equation (dNLS) and the (focussing) quintic non-linear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS). These are both $L^2$ critical dispersive models, which exhibit threshold type behavior,…
We examine statistical properties of integrable turbulence in the defocusing and focusing regimes of one-dimensional small-dispersion nonlinear Schrodinger equation (1D-NLSE). Specifically, we study the 1D-NLSE evolution of partially…
We provide the rigorous derivation of the wave kinetic equation from the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation at the kinetic timescale, under a particular scaling law that describes the limiting process. This solves a main…
In the present work we explore the potential of models of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) type to support spatially localized and temporally quasiperiodic solutions on top of a finite background. Such solutions are rigorously…
In this topical review we explore the dynamics of nonlinear lattices with a particular focus to Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou type models that arise in the study of elastic media and, more specifically, granular crystals. We first revisit the…
The nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation is considered on a periodic metric graph subject to the Kirchhoff boundary conditions. Bifurcations of standing localized waves for frequencies lying below the bottom of the linear spectrum of the…
In this paper we focus on a discrete physical model describing granular crystals, whose equations of motion can be described by a system of differential difference equations (DDEs). After revisiting earlier continuum approximations, we…
Wavefunction collapse models modify Schr\"odinger's equation so that it describes the collapse of a superposition of macroscopically distinguishable states as a dynamical process. This provides a basis for the resolution of the quantum…
The dynamics of single carrier wavepackets in nonlinear wave problems over periodic structures can be often formally approximated by the constant coefficient nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) as an effective model for the wavepacket…
The temporal evolution of weak shocks in radiative media is theoretically investigated in this work. The structure of radiative shocks has traditionally been studied in a stationary framework. Their systematic classification is complex…