Solitary wave solutions for high dispersive cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider the higher-order dispersive nonlinear Schrödinger equation including fourth-order dispersion effects and a quintic nonlinearity. This equation describes the propagation of femtosecond light pulses in a medium that exhibits a parabolic nonlinearity law. By adopting the ansatz solution of Li et al. [Zhonghao Li, Lu Li, Huiping Tian, Guosheng Zhou. New types of solitary wave solutions for the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Phys Rev Lett 2000;84:4096], we find two different solitary wave solutions under certain parametric conditions. These solutions are in the form of bright and dark soliton solutions.     

Stochastic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations with Linear Multiplicative Noise: Rescaling Approach

We prove well-posedness results for stochastic nonlinear Schrödinger equations with linear multiplicative Wiener noise, including the nonconservative case. Our approach is different from the standard literature on stochastic nonlinear Schrödinger equations. By a rescaling transformation we reduce the stochastic equation to a random nonlinear Schrödinger equation with lower-order terms and treat the resulting equation by a fixed point argument based on generalizations of Strichartz estimates proved by Marzuola et al. (J Funct Anal 255(6):1479–1553, 2008). This approach makes it possible to improve earlier well-posedness results obtained in the conservative case by a direct approach to the stochastic Schrödinger equation. In contrast to the latter, we obtain well-posedness in the full range \([1, 1 + 4/d)\) of admissible exponents in the nonlinear part (where \(d\) is the dimension of the underlying Euclidean space), i.e., in exactly the same range as in the deterministic case.     

Asymptotic stability of solitons to 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equations in subcritical case

We prove the asymptotic stability of solitary waves to 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equations in the subcritical case with symmetry and spectrum assumptions. One of the main ideas is to use the vector fields method developed by S. Cuccagna, V. Georgiev, and N. Visciglia [Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 2013, 6: 957–980] to overcome the weak decay with respect to t of the linearized equation caused by the one dimension setting and the weak nonlinearity caused by the subcritical growth of the nonlinearity term. Meanwhile, we apply the polynomial growth of the high Sobolev norms of solutions to 1D Schrödinger equations obtained by G. Staffilani [Duke Math. J., 1997, 86(1): 109–142] to control the high moments of the solutions emerging from the vector fields method.     

The exact solutions and the relevant constraint conditions for two nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients

Two nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients are researched, and the various exact solutions (including the bright and dark solitary waves) of the nonlinear Schrödinger equations are obtained with the aid of a subsidiary elliptic-like equation (sub-ODEs for short), at the same time, the constraint conditions which the coefficients of the nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients satisfy are presented. The exact solutions and the constraint conditions are helpful in the application of the nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients studied in this paper.     

Novel rogue waves in an inhomogenous nonlinear medium with external potentials

Employing the similarity transformation connected with the standard constant coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we obtain the analytical rogue wave solutions to a generalized variable coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external potentials describing the pulse propagation in nonlinear media with transverse and longitudinal directions nonuniformly distributed. Based on the obtained solutions, abundant structures of rogue waves are constructed by selecting some special parameters. The main properties as well as the dynamic behaviors of these rogue waves are discussed by direct computer simulations.     

Global existence for defocusing cubic NLS and Gross–Pitaevskii equations in three dimensional exterior domains

We prove global wellposedness in the energy space of the defocusing cubic nonlinear Schrödinger and Gross–Pitaevskii equations on the exterior of a nontrapping domain in dimension 3. The main ingredient is a Strichartz estimate obtained combining a semi-classical Strichartz estimate [R. Anton, Strichartz inequalities for Lipschitz metrics on manifolds and nonlinear Schrödinger equation on domains, arxiv:math.AP/0512639, Bull. Soc. Math. France, submitted for publication] with a smoothing effect on exterior domains [N. Burq, P. Gérard, N. Tzvetkov, On nonlinear Schrödinger equations in exterior domains, Ann. I.H.P. (2004) 295–318].     

On nonlinear perturbations of the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous coefficients

The results of [2] by W. J&;#228;ger and Y. Saito on the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous coefficients are extended to nonlinear perturbations of the equation.     

Solitons of the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nontrivial boundary conditions: Hirota bilinear method

We use the Hirota bilinear approach to consider physically relevant soliton solutions of the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nontrivial boundary conditions, recently proposed for describing uniaxial waves in a cold collisionless plasma. By the Madelung representation, the model transforms into the reaction-diffusion analogue of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, for which we study the bilinear representation, the soliton solutions, and their mutual interactions.     

Various exact solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equation with two nonlinear terms

Four kinds of exact solutions to nonlinear Schrödinger equation with two higher order nonlinear terms are obtained by a subsidiary ordinary differential equation method (sub-equation method for short). They are the bell type solitary waves, the kink type solitary waves, the algebraic solitary waves and the sinusoidal waves.     

On the semilinear Schrödinger equation with time dependent coefficients

We consider nonlinear Schrödinger equation with time dependent coefficients. Fanelli [5] found a transformation between solutions of the original equation and of the usual Schrödinger equation with power nonlinearity involving time dependent coefficients in some Lorentz spaces. In this paper we extend the results in [5] in space‐time integrability properties of solutions. Particularly, we prove that the existence and uniqueness of solutions can be described exclusively in terms of Lebesgue spaces (not Lorentz spaces as in [5]) as far as the space integrability of solutions. We also discuss the equation with coefficient of an explicit homogeneous function and describe the associated Strichartz estimate and contraction mapping argument.     

Orbital Stability of Solitary Waves of the Nonlinear Schrodinger-KdV Equation

This paper concerns the orbital stability of solitary waves of the system of KdV equation coupling with nonlinear Schrödinger equation. By applying the abstract results of Grillakis et al. [1- 2] and detailed spectral analysis, we obtain the stability of the solitary waves.     

The stability of full dimensional KAM tori for nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this paper, it is proved that the full dimensional invariant tori obtained by Bourgain [J. Funct. Anal., 229 (2005), no. 1, 62–94] is stable in a very long time for 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic boundary conditions.     

Allowable graphs of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and their applications

We construct the definition of allowable graphs of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation of arbitrary degree and use it to verify the separation and irreducibility (over the ring of integers) of the characteristic polynomials of all the possible graphs giving 3-dimensional blocks of the normal form of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The method is purely algebraic and the obtained results will be useful in further studies of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

A novel numerical approach to simulating nonlinear Schrödinger equations with varying coefficients

We describe a novel numerical approach to simulations of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with varying coefficients, based on the discovery of a new and intrinsic conservation law for varying coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The approach is shown to preserve some crucial classical conservations, such as the spatial ergodicity, and utilized in numerical simulations of periodically and quasi-periodically solitary waves for nonlinear Schrödinger equations with periodic or quasi-periodic coefficients. Some numerical experiments are presented to illustrate the conservative property.     

On the Whitham system for the (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Whitham modulation equations are derived for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the plane ((2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger [2d NLS]) with small dispersion. The modulation equations are obtained in terms of both physical and Riemann-type variables; the latter yields equations of hydrodynamic type. The complete 2d NLS Whitham system consists of six dynamical equations in evolutionary form and two constraints. As an application, we determine the linear stability of one-dimensional traveling waves. In both the elliptic and hyperbolic cases, the traveling waves are found to be unstable. This result is consistent with previous investigations of stability by other methods and is supported by direct numerical calculations.     

Shadowing of non-transversal heteroclinic chains

We present a new result about the shadowing of non-transversal chain of heteroclinic connections based on the idea of dropping dimensions. We illustrate this new mechanism with several examples. As an application we discuss this mechanism in a simplification of a toy model system derived by Colliander et al. in the context of cubic defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

N solutions for a derivative nonlinear Schrödinger‐type equation via Riemann‐Hilbert approach

The inverse scattering transform for the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger‐type equation is studied via the Riemann‐Hilbert approach. In the direct scattering process, the spectral analysis of the Lax pair is performed, from which a Riemann‐Hilbert problem is established for the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger‐type equation. In the inverse scattering process, N‐soliton solutions of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger‐type equation are obtained by solving Riemann‐Hilbert problems corresponding to the reflectionless cases. Moreover, the dynamics of the exact solutions are discussed.     

Soliton states of Maxwell’s equations and nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Similarities and fundamental differences between Maxwell’s equations and nonlinear Schrödinger equation in predicting a soliton evolution in a uniform nonlinear anisotropic medium are analyzed. It is found that in some cases, the soliton solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation cannot be recovered from Maxwell’s equations while in others the soliton solutions to Maxwell’s equations are lost from the nonlinear Schrödinger equation through approximation, although there are cases where the soliton solutions to the two sets of the equations demonstrate only quantitative difference. The origin of the differences is also discussed.     

Short-wave transverse instabilities of line solitons of the two-dimensional hyperbolic nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We prove that line solitons of the two-dimensional hyperbolic nonlinear Schrödinger equation are unstable under transverse perturbations of arbitrarily small periods, i.e., short waves. The analysis is based on the construction of Jost functions for the continuous spectrum of Schrödinger operators, the Sommerfeld radiation conditions, and the Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition. We derive precise asymptotic expressions for the instability growth rate in the limit of short periods.     

Quadratic-Argument Approach to Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation and Coupled Ones

The two-dimensional cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation is used to describe the propagation of an intense laser beam through a medium with Kerr nonlinearity. The coupled two-dimensional cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equations are used to describe the interaction of electromagnetic waves with different polarizations in nonlinear optics. Mathematically, they are fundamental nonlinear partial differential equations of elliptic type. In this paper, we solve the above equations by imposing a quadratic condition on the related argument functions and using their symmetry transformations. More complete families of exact solutions of such type are obtained. Many of them are the periodic, quasi-periodic, aperiodic and singular solutions that may have practical significance.