Asymmetric and Single-Side Splitting of Dissipative Solitons in Complex Ginzburg–Landau Equations with an Asymmetric Wedge-Shaped Potential

We report some novel dynamical phenomena of dissipative solitons supported by introducing an asymmetric wedge-shaped potential(just as a sharp ‘razor') into the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation with the cubicquintic nonlinearity. The potentials corresponding to a local refractive index modulation with breaking symmetry can be realized in an active optical medium with respective expanding antiwaveguiding structures. Using the razor potential acting on a central dissipative soliton, possible outcomes of asymmetric and single-side splitting of dissipative solitons are achieved with setting different strengths and steepness of the potentials. The results can potentially be used to design a multi-route splitter for light beams.     

A-twisted heterotic Landau–Ginzburg models

In this paper, we apply the methods developed in recent work for constructing A-twisted (2, 2) Landau–Ginzburg models to analogous (0, 2) models. In particular, we study (0, 2) Landau–Ginzburg models on topologically non-trivial spaces away from large-radius limits, where one expects to find correlation function contributions akin to (2, 2) curve corrections. Such heterotic theories admit A- and B-model twists, and exhibit a duality that simultaneously exchanges the twists and dualizes the gauge bundle. We explore how this duality operates in heterotic Landau–Ginzburg models, as well as other properties of these theories, using examples which renormalization-group flow to heterotic nonlinear sigma models as checks on our methods.     

Extensive Properties of the Complex Ginzburg–Landau Equation

We study the set of solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in R^d, d <3. We consider the global attracting set (i.e., the forward map of the set of bounded initial data), and restrict it to a cube Q_L of side L. We cover this set by a (minimal) number N_QL(l) of balls of radius l in $L^infin(Q_L). We show that the Kolmogorov l-entropy per unit length, $L^infin(Q_L). We show that the Kolmogorov l-entropy per unit length, H_\epsilon =\lim_{L\to\infty} L^{-d} \logtwo N_{Q_L}(\epsilon)< /FORMULA > exists. In particular, we bound < FORMULA FORM=ÏNLINE» exists. In particular, we bound H_\epsilon< /FORMULA > by < FORMULA FORM=ÏNLINE» by \OO\bigl(\logtwo(1/\epsilon )\bigr)< /FORMULA > , which shows that the attracting set is < SMALL > smaller < /SMALL > than the set of bounded analytic functions in a strip. We finally give a positive lower bound: < FORMULA FORM=ÏNLINE», which shows that the attracting set is smaller than the set of bounded analytic functions in a strip. We finally give a positive lower bound: H_\epsilon>\OO\bigl (\logtwo(1/\epsilon)\bigr)$.     

The Ginzburg–Landau theory and the surface energy of a colour superconductor

We apply the Ginzburg–Landau theory to the colour superconducting phase of a lump of dense quark matter. We calculate the surface energy of a domain wall separating the normal phase from the super phase with the bulk equilibrium maintained by a critical external magnetic field. Because of the symmetry of the problem, we are able to simplify the Ginzburg–Landau equations and express them in terms of two components of the di-quark condensate and one component of the gauge potential. The equations also contain two dimensionless parameters: the Ginzburg–Landau parameter κ and ρ. The main result of this paper is a set of inequalities obeyed by the critical value of the Ginzburg–Landau parameter—the value of κ for which the surface energy changes sign—and its derivative with respect to ρ. In addition we prove a number of inequalities of the functional dependence of the surface energy on the parameters of the problem and obtain a numerical solution of the Ginzburg–Landau equations. Finally a criterion for the types of colour superconductivity (type I or type II) is established in the weak coupling approximation.     

The Ginzburg–Landau theory in application

A numerical approach to Ginzburg–Landau (GL) theory is demonstrated and we review its applications to several examples of current interest in the research on superconductivity. This analysis also shows the applicability of the two-dimensional approach to thin superconductors and the re-defined effective GL parameter κ$\kappa$. For two-gap superconductors, the conveniently written GL equations directly show that the magnetic behavior of the sample depends not just on the GL parameter of two bands, but also on the ratio of respective coherence lengths.     

Analysis of Energy Eigenvalue in Complex Ginzburg–Landau Equation

In this paper, we consider the two-dimensional complex Ginzburg–Landau equation(CGLE) as the spatiotemporal model, and an expression of energy eigenvalue is derived by using the phase-amplitude representation and the basic ideas from quantum mechanics. By numerical simulation, we find the energy eigenvalue in the CGLE system can be divided into two parts, corresponding to spiral wave and bulk oscillation. The energy eigenvalue of spiral wave is positive, which shows that it propagates outwardly; while the energy eigenvalue of spiral wave is negative, which shows that it propagates inwardly. There is a necessary condition for generating a spiral wave that the energy eigenvalue of spiral wave is greater than bulk oscillation. A wave with larger energy eigenvalue dominates when it competes with another wave with smaller energy eigenvalue in the space of the CGLE system. At the end of this study, a tentative discussion of the relationship between wave propagation and energy transmission is given.     

Inviscid Limits¶of the Complex Ginzburg–Landau Equation

In the inviscid limit the generalized complex Ginzburg–Landau equation reduces to the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation. This limit is proved rigorously with H ¹ data in the whole space for the Cauchy problem and in the torus with periodic boundary conditions. The results are valid for nonlinearities with an arbitrary growth exponent in the defocusing case and with a subcritical or critical growth exponent at the level of L ² in the focusing case, in any spatial dimension. Furthermore, optimal convergence rates are proved. The proofs are based on estimates of the Schr?dinger energy functional and on Gagliardo–Nirenberg inequalities. Received: 2 April 1999 / Accepted: 29 March 2000     

Self Duality Equations for Ginzburg–Landau¶and Seiberg–Witten Type Functionals¶with 6th Order Potentials

The abelian Chern–Simons–Higgs model of Hong-Kim-Pac and Jackiw–Weinberg leads to a Ginzburg–Landau type functional with a 6^th order potential on a compact Riemann surface. We derive the existence of two solutions with different asymptotic behavior as the coupling parameter tends to 0, for any number of prescribed vortices. We also introduce a Seiberg–Witten type functional with a 6^th order potential and again show the existence of two asymptotically different solutions on a compact K?hler surface. The analysis is based on maximum principle arguments and applies to a general class of scalar equations. Received: 13 October 1998 / Accepted: 21 October 2000     

Attractive Hubbard model: Homogeneous Ginzburg–Landau expansion and disorder

We derive a Ginzburg–Landau (GL) expansion in the disordered attractive Hubbard model within the combined Nozieres–Schmitt-Rink and DMFT+Σ approximation. Restricting ourselves to the homogeneous expansion, we analyze the disorder dependence of GL expansion coefficients for a wide range of attractive potentials U, from the weak BCS coupling region to the strong-coupling limit, where superconductivity is described by Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) of preformed Cooper pairs. We show that for the a semielliptic “bare” density of states of the conduction band, the disorder influence on the GL coefficients A and B before quadratic and quartic terms of the order parameter, as well as on the specific heat discontinuity at the superconducting transition, is of a universal nature at any strength of the attractive interaction and is related only to the general widening of the conduction band by disorder. In general, disorder growth increases the values of the coefficients A and B, leading either to a suppression of the specific heat discontinuity (in the weak-coupling limit), or to its significant growth (in the strong-coupling region). However, this behavior actually confirms the validity of the generalized Anderson theorem, because the disorder dependence of the superconducting transition temperature T_c, is also controlled only by disorder widening of the conduction band (density of states).     

Spectral Analysis of Weakly Coupled Stochastic Lattice Ginzburg–Landau Models

We consider the relaxation to equilibrium of solutions , t>0, , of stochastic dynamical Langevin equations with white noise and weakly coupled Ginzburg–Landau interactions. Using a Feynman–Kac formula, which relates stochastic expectations to correlation functions of a spatially non-local imaginary time quantum field theory, we obtain results on the joint spectrum of H, , where H is the self-adjoint, positive, generator of the semi-group associated with the dynamics, and P ^j , j= 1, …, d are the self-adjoint generators of the group of lattice spatial translations. We show that the low-lying energy-momentum spectrum consists of an isolated one-particle dispersion curve and, for the mass spectrum (energy-momentum at zero-momentum), besides this isolated one-particle mass, we show, using a Bethe–Salpeter equation, the existence of an isolated two-particle bound state if the coefficient of the quartic term in the polynomial of the Ginzburg–Landau interaction is negative and d= 1, 2; otherwise, there is no two-particle bound state. Asymptotic values for the masses are obtained. Received: 27 September 2000 / Accepted: 16 January 2001     

Time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau equations for multi-gap superconductors

We numerically solve the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau equations for two-gap superconductors using the finite-element technique. The real-time simulation shows that at low magnetic field, the vortices in small-size samples tend to form clusters or other disorder structures. When the sample size is large, stripes appear in the pattern. These results are in good agreement with the previous experimental observations of the intriguing anomalous vortex pattern, providing a reliable theoretical basis for the future applications of multi-gap superconductors.     

Exact solutions to complex Ginzburg–Landau equation

In this paper, the trial equation method and the complete discrimination system for polynomial method are applied to retrieve the exact travelling wave solutions of complex Ginzburg–Landau equation. Both the Kerr and power laws of nonlinearity are considered. All the possible exact travelling wave solutions consisting of the rational function-type solutions, solitary wave solutions, triangle function-type periodic solutions and Jacobian elliptic functions solutions are obtained, and some of them are new solutions. In addition, concrete examples are presented to ensure the existence of obtained solutions. Moreover, four types of representative solutions are depicted to present the nature of the obtained solutions.     

Asymptotic Behavior of the Magnetization Near Critical and Tricritical Points via Ginzburg–Landau Polynomials

The purpose of this paper is to prove connections among the asymptotic behavior of the magnetization, the structure of the phase transitions, and a class of polynomials that we call the Ginzburg–Landau polynomials. The model under study is a mean-field version of a lattice spin model due to Blume and Capel. It is defined by a probability distribution that depends on the parameters β and K, which represent, respectively, the inverse temperature and the interaction strength. Our main focus is on the asymptotic behavior of the magnetization m(β _n ,K _n ) for appropriate sequences (β _n ,K _n ) that converge to a second-order point or to the tricritical point of the model and that lie inside various subsets of the phase-coexistence region. The main result states that as (β _n ,K _n ) converges to one of these points (β,K), . In this formula γ is a positive constant, and is the unique positive, global minimum point of a certain polynomial g. We call g the Ginzburg–Landau polynomial because of its close connection with the Ginzburg–Landau phenomenology of critical phenomena. For each sequence the structure of the set of global minimum points of the associated Ginzburg–Landau polynomial mirrors the structure of the set of global minimum points of the free-energy functional in the region through which (β _n ,K _n ) passes and thus reflects the phase-transition structure of the model in that region. This paper makes rigorous the predictions of the Ginzburg–Landau phenomenology of critical phenomena and the tricritical scaling theory for the mean-field Blume–Capel model.     

Properties of parallel upper critical field within continuous Ginzburg–Landau model

In this paper, we employ a continuous Ginzburg–Landau model to study the behaviors of the parallel upper critical field of an intrinsically layered superconductor. Near T_c where the order parameter is nearly homogeneous, the parallel upper critical field is found to vary as (1−T/T_c)^1/2. With a well-localized order parameter, the same field temperature dependence holds over the whole temperature range. The profile of the order parameter at the parallel upper critical field is of a Gaussian type, which is consistent with the usual Ginzburg–Landau theory. In addition, the influences of the unit cell dimension and the average effective masses on the parallel upper critical field and the associated order parameter are also addressed.     

Eigenstates of the linearlized Ginzburg–Landau equation for mesoscopic multiply-connected superconductor

Multiply-connected mesoscopic superconductors have rich structures of vortex systems that result from interference of order parameter. We studied magnetic field dependence of transition temperatures and vortex arrangements of finite sized honeycomb superconducting networks with 6-fold rotational symmetries. Near and above the lower critical field, vortices locate at center of the network. As increasing the field, vortices form a hexagon or hexagonal multi-shell structure. In higher field, order parameter damps exponentially from the central point of the network to the edge of the network.     

A stochastic Ginzburg–Landau equation with impulsive effects

In this paper we consider a stochastic Ginzburg–Landau equation with impulsive effects. We first prove the existence and uniqueness of the global solution which can be explicitly represented via the solution of a stochastic equation without impulses. Then, based on our obtained result, we study the qualitative properties of the solution, including the boundedness of moments, almost surely exponential convergence and pathwise estimations. Finally, we give a first attempt to study a fractional version of impulsive stochastic Ginzburg–Landau equations.     

Time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau equation in the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model

We apply the closed time-path Green function formalism in the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model. First of all, we use this formalism to obtain the well-known gap equation for the quark condensate in a stationary homogeneous system. We have also used this formalism to obtain the Ginzburg–Landau (GL) equation and the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau (TDGL) equation for the chiral order parameter in an inhomogeneous system. In our derived GL and TDGL equations, there is no other parameters except for those in the original NJL model.     

Landau–Ginzburg theory for ‘star’-shaped droplets

ABSTRACT

Molecular simulations have shown that when a nano-drop comprising a single spherical central ion and a dielectric solvent is charged above a well-defined threshold, it acquires a stable star morphology. A linear continuum model of the ‘star’-shapes comprised electrostatic and surface energy is not sufficient to describe these shapes. We employ combined molecular dynamics, continuum electrostatics and macroscopic modelling in order to construct a unified free energy functional that describes the observed star-shaped droplets. We demonstrate that the Landau free energy coupled to the third-order Steinhardt invariant mimics the shapes of droplets detected in molecular simulations. Using the maximum likelihood technique we build a universal free energy functional that describes droplets for a range of Rayleigh fissility parameter. The analysis of the macroscopic free energy demonstrates the origin of the finite amplitude perturbations just above the Rayleigh limit. We argue that the presence of the finite amplitude perturbations precludes the use of the small parameter perturbation method for the analysis of the shapes above the Rayleigh limit of the corresponding spherical shape.     

Ginzburg–Landau expansion in strongly disordered attractive Anderson–Hubbard model

We have studied disordering effects on the coefficients of Ginzburg–Landau expansion in powers of superconducting order parameter in the attractive Anderson–Hubbard model within the generalized DMFT+Σ approximation. We consider the wide region of attractive potentials U from the weak coupling region, where superconductivity is described by BCS model, to the strong coupling region, where the superconducting transition is related with Bose–Einstein condensation (ВЕС) of compact Cooper pairs formed at temperatures essentially larger than the temperature of superconducting transition, and a wide range of disorder—from weak to strong, where the system is in the vicinity of Anderson transition. In the case of semielliptic bare density of states, disorder’s influence upon the coefficients A and В of the square and the fourth power of the order parameter is universal for any value of electron correlation and is related only to the general disorder widening of the bare band (generalized Anderson theorem). Such universality is absent for the gradient term expansion coefficient C. In the usual theory of “dirty” superconductors, the С coefficient drops with the growth of disorder. In the limit of strong disorder in BCS limit, the coefficient С is very sensitive to the effects of Anderson localization, which lead to its further drop with disorder growth up to the region of the Anderson insulator. In the region of BCS–ВЕС crossover and in ВЕС limit, the coefficient С and all related physical properties are weakly dependent on disorder. In particular, this leads to relatively weak disorder dependence of both penetration depth and coherence lengths, as well as of related slope of the upper critical magnetic field at superconducting transition, in the region of very strong coupling.