A quintic B-spline finite-element method for solving the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation

The nonlinear Schr?dinger equation is numerically solved using the collocation method based on quintic B-spline interpolation functions. The efficiency and robustness of the proposed method are demonstrated by standard test problems, such as a one-soliton solution, interaction of two solitons, and formation of a soliton. This method is compared with both the analytical and numerical techniques in the computational section.     

B-spline solver for one-electron Schrödinger equation

A numerical algorithm for solving the one-electron Schrödinger equation is presented. The algorithm is based on the Finite Element method, and the basis functions are tensor products of univariate B-splines. The application of cubic or higher order B-splines guarantees that the searched solution belongs to a continuous and one time differentiable function space, which is a desirable property in the Kohn–Sham equation context from the Density Functional Theory with pseudopotential approximation. The theoretical background of the numerical algorithm is presented, and additionally, the implementation on parallel computers with distributed memory is described. The current implementation of the algorithm uses the MPI, HYPRE and ParMETIS libraries to distribute matrices on processing units. Additionally, the LOBPCG algorithm from HYPRE library is used to solve the algebraic generalized eigenvalue problem. The proposed algorithm works for any smooth interaction potential, where the domain of the problem is a finite subspace of the ?³ space. The accuracy of the algorithm is demonstrated for a selected interaction potential. In the current stage, the algorithm can be applied to solve the linearized Kohn–Sham equation for molecular systems.     

A numerical method for fractional Schrödinger equation of Lennard-Jones potential

Depending on fractional analysis, we find a numerical algorithm to solve the time-independent fractional Schrödinger equation in case of Lennard-Jones potential in one dimension. We apply the algorithm for multiple values of the fractional parameter of the space-dependent fractional Schrödinger equation and multiple values of the system's energy to find the wave function and the probability in these cases.     

A solution spectrum of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. II

It was shown in a previous communication that the nonlinear Schrödinger equation exhibits a spectrum of eigenfunctions of the form = _k,A _k (coshkx) ^–k and = _k B _k (coshkx) ^–k–1sinhkx, and the corresponding eigenvalues of the energy are related to a band structure with a characteristic energy gap as a significant feature. In the present paper, it is shown that a further spectrum exists exhibiting the general structure = _k=0 A _k(cosh kx)^–k–1/2and = _k=0 B_k(cosh kx)^–k–3/2sinhkx and yielding also a band structure. An extension of the solution spectrum to a nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation and a nonlinear Dirac equation does not imply essential difficulties, and the corresponding characteristic band structure has to be related to a mass spectrum.     

A numerical study of the semi-classical limit of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We study the solution of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the semiclassical limit. Numerical solutions are presented for four different kinds of initial data, of which three are analytic and one is nonanalytic. We verify numerically the weak convergence of the oscillatory solution by examining the strong convergence of the spatial average of the solution.     

Statistical mechanics of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We investigate the statistical mechanics of a complex fieldø whose dynamics is governed by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Such fields describe, in suitable idealizations, Langmuir waves in a plasma, a propagating laser field in a nonlinear medium, and other phenomena. Their Hamiltonian $$H(\phi ) = \int_\Omega {[\frac{1}{2}|\nabla \phi |^2 - (1/p) |\phi |^p ] dx}$$ is unbounded below and the system will, under certain conditions, develop (self-focusing) singularities in a finite time. We show that, whenΩ is the circle and theL ² norm of the field (which is conserved by the dynamics) is bounded byN, the Gibbs measureυ obtained is absolutely continuous with respect to Wiener measure and normalizable if and only ifp andN are such that classical solutions exist for all time—no collapse of the solitons. This measure is essentially the same as that of a one-dimensional version of the more realisitc Zakharov model of coupled Langmuir and ion acoustic waves in a plasma. We also obtain some properties of the Gibbs state, by both analytic and numerical methods, asN and the temperature are varied.     

A new trial equation method for finding exact chirped soliton solutions of the quintic derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients

In this work, we propose an efficient generalization of the trial equation method introduced recently by Liu [Appl. Math. Comput. 217 (2011) 5866] to construct exact chirped traveling wave solutions of complex differential equations with variable coefficients. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been tested by applying it successfully to the quintic derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients. As a result, a class of chirped soliton-like solutions including bright and kink solitons is derived for the first time. Compared with previous work of Liu in which unchirped solutions were given, we obtain exact chirped solutions which have nontrivial phase that varies as a function of the wave intensity. These localized structures characteristically exist due to a balance among the group-velocity dispersion, self-steepening and competing cubic-quintic nonlinearity. Parametric conditions for the existence of envelope solutions with nonlinear chirp are also presented. It is shown that the chirping can be effectively controlled through the variable parameters of group-velocity dispersion and self-steepening.     

Exact solution of the discrete Schrödinger equation for ferromagnetic chains

It is shown that Bethe's exact solution for the finite Heisenberg ferromagnetic chain can be obtained via a direct Fourier transform. Unlike the Bethe ansatz approach, the latter is not confined to one space dimension and opens the possibility of obtaining exact solutions in higher dimensions.     

A solution spectrum of the nonlinear schrödinger equation

The soliton solutions of the form=A/coshkx and=B tanhkx of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation have been considered with respect to many problems. In this paper, it is shown that the nonlinear Schrödinger equation also possesses a solution manifold that generalizes the above soliton functions and provides a discrete spectrum of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. With the help of a slight modification of these eigenfunctions, it is possible to extend them to the relativistic case, where they become solutions of a nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation associated with a discrete mass spectrum.     

Collapse in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

A new class of exact solutions with a singularity at finite time (collapse) is obtained for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

A modulation method for self-focusing in the perturbed critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this Letter we introduce a systematic perturbation method for analyzing the effect of small perturbations on critical self-focusing by reducing the perturbed critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation (PNLS) to a simpler system of modulation equations that do not depend on the transverse variables. The modulation equations can be further simplified depending on whether PNLS is power conserving or not. An important and somewhat surprising result is that various small defocusing perturbations lead to a canonical form for the modulation equations, whose solutions have slowly decaying focusing-defocusing oscillations.     

Rapidly decaying solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider global solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Anharmonic solution of Schrödinger time-independent equation

We present here a mathematical explanation of how the Schr?dinger equation for a class of harmonic oscillators possesses exact solutions. Some of the extended potentials used here are not present in the literature.     

On the power series solution of the Schrödinger equation

A numerical method for solving the Schrödinger equation for a one-dimensional potential expressed as a function which increases in both directions away from its minimum is proposed. The basic assumption relies on the asymptotic properties of the solution. We exemplify the method calculating energies and expectation values for the quartic anharmonic oscillator.     

Analytical nonautonomous soliton solutions for the cubic–quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with distributed coefficients

In this paper, we find the exact bright, dark and gray analytical nonautonomous soliton solutions of the generalized CQNLSE with spatially inhomogeneous group velocity dispersion (GVD) and amplification or attenuation by the similarity transformation method under certain parametric conditions. As an example, we investigate their propagation dynamics in the soliton control system. In addition, the interaction of two neighboring solitary waves is discussed, and the results show that the interaction of two neighboring solitary waves can be restricted by choosing the distributed coefficients appropriately. Finally, the stability of the solutions is checked by direct numerical simulation.     

Analytic presentation of a solution of the Schrödinger equation

High-precision approximate analytic expressions for energies and wave functions are found for arbitrary physical potentials. The Schrödinger equation is cast into the nonlinear Riccati equation, which is solved analytically in first iteration of the quasi-linearization method (QLM). The zeroth iteration is based on general features of the exact solution near the boundaries. The approach is illustrated on the Yukawa potential. The results enable accurate analytical estimates of effects of parameter variations on physical systems.