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We study the concentrated NLS on ${\mathbf R^n}$, with power non-linearities, driven by the fractional Laplacian, $(-\Delta)^s, s>\frac{n}{2}$. We construct the solitary waves explicitly, in an optimal range of the parameters, so that they…

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In this paper, we study the ground state standing wave solutions for the focusing bi-harmonic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a $\mu$-Laplacian term (BNLS). Such BNLS models the propagation of intense laser beams in a bulk medium…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-09 Tingjian Luo , Shijun Zheng , Shihui Zhu

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

We present a systematic computational approach to the study of self-similar dynamics. The approach, through the use of what can be thought of as a ``dynamic pinning condition" factors out self-similarity, and yields a transformed, non-local…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 D. G. Aronson , S. I. Betelu , I. G. Kevrekidis

We propose a class of numerical methods for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation that conserves mass and energy, is of arbitrarily high-order accuracy in space and time, and requires only the solution of a scalar algebraic equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Hendrik Ranocha , David I. Ketcheson

In the present work we consider the subject of dark fractional solitary waves in the realm of generalized (fractional) forms of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation. While earlier studies have examined such states in the realm of real…

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Nonlinear wave focusing originating from the universal modulation instability (MI) is responsible for the formation of strong wave localizations on the water surface and in nonlinear wave guides, such as optical Kerr media and plasma. Such…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-12 Yuchen He , Alexey Slunyaev , Nobuhito Mori , Amin Chabchoub

In this paper, we develop an inverse scattering transform for the integrable focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation on the half-line subject to a class of boundary conditions. The method is based on the notions of integrable…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2021-06-22 Cheng Zhang

We study the focusing inhomogeneous nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $$ i\partial_t u + \Delta u = -|x|^b |u|^{p-1}u ,\quad (t,x)\in (0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^N, $$ with $b>0$ and $p>1$. Due to the spatial growth of the nonlinearity,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Mohamed Majdoub , Tarek Saanouni

Wave self-focusing in molecular systems subject to thermal effects, such as thin molecular films and long biomolecules, can be modeled by stochastic versions of the Discrete Self-Trapping equation of Eilbeck, Lomdahl and Scott, and this can…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Brenton LeMesurier , Barron Whitehead

A novel kind of shape changing (intensity redistribution) collision with potential application to signal amplification is identified in the integrable $N$-coupled nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (CNLS) equations with mixed signs of focusing and…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Kanna , M. Lakshmanan , P. Tchofo Dinda , Nail Akhmediev

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…

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We formulate a damped oscillating particle method to solve the stationary nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE). The ground state solutions are found by a converging damped oscillating evolution equation that can be discretized with…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-03-03 P. Sandin , M. Ogren , M. Gulliksson

This paper proves existence and stability results of solitary-wave solutions to coupled nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations with power-type nonlinearities arising in several models of modern physics. The existence of solitary waves is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Santosh Bhattarai

We consider numerical instability that can be observed in simulations of localized solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) by a split-step method where the linear part of the evolution is solved by a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-10-15 Taras I. Lakoba

The Nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation is used to model surface waves in wave tanks of hydrodynamic laboratories. Analysis of the linearized NLS equation shows that its harmonic solutions with a small amplitude modulation have a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-10-25 N. Karjanto , E. van Groesen , P. Peterson

The nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) equation is known as a universal equation describing the evolution of the envelopes of slowly modulated spatially and temporarily oscillating wave packet in various dispersive systems. In this paper, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Huimin Liu , Yurui Lu , Xueke Pu

The modulational instability in the class of NLS equations is discussed using a statistical approach. A kinetic equation for the two-point correlation function is studied in a linear approximation, and an integral stability equation is…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-11 A. T. Grecu , D. Grecu , Anca Visinescu

Dynamics of solitons is considered in the framework of an extended nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE), which is derived from a system of the Zakharov's type for the interaction between high- and low-frequency (HF and LF) waves. The…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-05 E. M. Gromov , B. A. Malomed

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…

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