Existence of solitary waves for the discrete Schrödinger equation coupled to a nonlinear oscillator

The discrete Schrödinger equation with a nonlinearity concentrated at a single point is an interesting and important model to study the long-time behavior of solutions, including the asymptotic stability of solitary waves and properties of global attractors. In this note, the global well-posedness of this equation and the existence of solitary waves is proved and the properties of these waves are studied.     

On the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for waves on a nonuniform current

A nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients for surface waves on a large-scale steady nonuniform current has been derived without the assumption of a relative smallness of the velocity of the current. This equation can describe with good accuracy the loss of modulation stability of a wave coming to a counter current, leading to the formation of so-called rogue waves. Some theoretical estimates are compared to the numerical simulation with the exact equations for a two-dimensional potential motion of an ideal fluid with a free boundary over a nonuniform bottom at a nonzero average horizontal velocity.     

On the nonlinear Schrödinger limit of the Korteweg-de Vries equation

Using the multiscale approach of Zakharov and Kuznetsov it is shown that the nonlinear Schrödinger periodic scattering data is related to the Korteweg-de Vries periodic scattering data via an average over the Korteweg-de Vries carrier oscillation. This allows a complete elucidation of the physical meaning of the nonlinear Schrödinger scattering data, conservation laws, theta function solutions and reality constraint.     

Accessible solitary wave families of the generalized nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Two-dimensional accessible solitary wave families of the generalized nonlocal nonlinear Schr?dinger equation are obtained by utilizing superpositions of various single accessible solitary solutions. Specific values of soliton parameters are selected as initial conditions and the superposition of known single solitary solutions in the highly nonlocal regime are launched into the nonlocal nonlinear medium with a Gaussian response function, to obtain novel numerical solitary solutions of improved stability. Our results reveal that in nonlocal media with the Gaussian response the higher-order spatial accessible solitary families can exist in various forms, such as asymmetric necklace, asymmetric fractional, and symmetric multipolar necklace solitons.     

The Hamiltonian dynamics of the soliton of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Hamiltonian equations are formulated in terms of collective variables describing the dynamics of the soliton of an integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a 1D lattice. Earlier, similar equations of motion were suggested for the soliton of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in partial derivatives. The operator of soliton momentum in a discrete chain is defined; this operator is unambiguously related to the velocity of the center of gravity of the soliton. The resulting Hamiltonian equations are similar to those for the continuous nonlinear Schrödinger equation, but the role of the field momentum is played by the summed quasi-momentum of virtual elementary system excitations related to the soliton.     

On the gauge equivalent structure of the modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation

By introducing the concept of differential equations with “given curvature condition”, we show that the modified nonlinear Schrödinger equations for κ=1 and −1 are, respectively, gauge equivalent to the modified HF model and the modified M-HF model. As a consequence, soliton solutions to the modified HF model are constructed.     

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.     

Focusing and multi-focusing solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

A method of dynamic rescaling of variables is used to investigate numerically the nature of the focusing singularities of the cubic and quintic Schrödinger equations in two and three dimensions and describe their universal properties. The same method is applied to simulate the multi-focusing phenomena produced by simple models of saturating nonlinearities.     

On Darboux transformations for the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider Darboux transformations for the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation. A new theorem for Darboux transformations of operators with no derivative term are presented and proved. The solution is expressed in quasideterminant forms. Additionally, the parabolic and soliton solutions of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation are given as explicit examples.     

Three-dimensional solitary waves and vortices in a discrete nonlinear Schrödinger lattice

In a benchmark dynamical-lattice model in three dimensions, the discrete nonlinear Schr?dinger equation, we find discrete vortex solitons with various values of the topological charge S. Stability regions for the vortices with S=0,1,3 are investigated. The S=2 vortex is unstable and may spontaneously rearranging into a stable one with S=3. In a two-component extension of the model, we find a novel class of stable structures, consisting of vortices in the different components, perpendicularly oriented to each other. Self-localized states of the proposed types can be observed experimentally in Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in optical lattices and in photonic crystals built of microresonators.     

Bright solitary waves on a torus: Existence,stability and dynamics for the nonlinear Schrödinger model

Motivated by recent developments in the realm of matter waves, we explore the potential of creating solitary waves on the surface of a torus. This is an intriguing perspective due to the role of curvature in the shape and dynamics of the coherent structures. We find different families of bright solitary waves for attractive nonlinearities including ones localized in both angular directions, as well as waves localized in one direction and homogeneous in the other. The waves localized in both angular directions have also been partitioned into two types: those whose magnitude decays to zero and those who do not. The stability properties of the waves are examined and one family is found to be spectrally stable in a suitable parametric regime while most are spectrally unstable, a feature that we comment on. Finally, the nature of the ensuing nonlinear dynamics is touched upon.     

On the exact solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equation with spin current

An integrable nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation driven by spin polarized current governing the magnetization dynamics of a ferromagnetic nanowire is considered. The exact soliton solution of the NLS equation propagating along the direction of wire axis which is also the current direction along which nonuniform magnetization occurs is obtained through the application of exponential function method. The solution of the system admits a class of solitons such as kink and periodic solitons in the nanowire along the direction of the electric current.     

On the symplectic integration of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with disorder

We present several methods, which utilize symplectic integration techniques based on two and three part operator splitting, for numerically solving the equations of motion of the disordered, discrete nonlinear Schrödinger (DDNLS) equation, and compare their efficiency. Our results suggest that the most suitable methods for the very long time integration of this one-dimensional Hamiltonian lattice model with many degrees of freedom (of the order of a few hundreds) are the ones based on three part splits of the system’s Hamiltonian. Two part split techniques can be preferred for relatively small lattices having up to N?≈?70 sites. An advantage of the latter methods is the better conservation of the system’s second integral, i.e. the wave packet’s norm.     

On the Schrödinger equation and the eigenvalue problem

If _k is thek ^th eigenvalue for the Dirichlet boundary problem on a bounded domain in ⁿ , H. Weyl's asymptotic formula asserts that , hence . We prove that for any domain and for all . A simple proof for the upper bound of the number of eigenvalues less than or equal to - for the operator –V(x) defined on ⁿ (n3) in terms of is also provided.Research partially supported by a Sloan Fellowship and NSF Grant No. 81-07911-A1     

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.     

Rapidly decaying solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider global solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Dark solitary waves in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with third order dispersion, self-steepening, and self-frequency shift

We solve the higher order nonlinear Schr?dinger equation describing the propagation of ultrashort pulses in optical fibers. By means of the coupled amplitude-phase formulation fundamental (solitary wave) dark soliton solutions are found.