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nlin.PS2006★ 30 cited

Modulational Instability in Nonlinearity-Managed Optical Media

Martin Centurion, Mason A. Porter, Ye Pu +3

We investigate analytically, numerically, and experimentally the modulational instability in a layered, cubically-nonlinear (Kerr) optical medium that consists of alternating layer…

nlin.PS2006

Lyapunov--Schmidt reduction algorithm for three-dimensional discrete vortices

Mike Lukas, Dmitry Pelinovsky, P. G. Kevrekidis

We address persistence and stability of three-dimensional vortex configurations in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation and develop a symbolic package based on Wolfram…

nlin.PS2006★ 41 cited

High-Order-Mode Soliton Structures in Two-Dimensional Lattices with Defocusing Nonlinearity

P. G. Kevrekidis, H. Susanto, Z. Chen

While fundamental-mode discrete solitons have been demonstrated with both self-focusing and defocusing nonlinearity, high-order-mode localized states in waveguide lattices have bee…

nlin.PS2006★ 23 cited

Comparative Study of Different Discretizations of the Model

Ishani Roy, Sergey V. Dmitriev, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis +1

We examine various recently proposed discretizations of the well-known field theory. We compare and contrast the properties of their fundamental solutions including the natur…

nlin.PS2006★ 42 cited

Dark Solitons in Discrete Lattices: Saturable versus Cubic Nonlinearities

E. P. Fitrakis, P. G. Kevrekidis, H. Susanto +1

In the present work, we study dark solitons in dynamical lattices with the saturable nonlinearity and compare them with those in lattices with the cubic nonlinearity. This comparis…

nlin.PS2006★ 42 cited

Discrete surface solitons in two dimensions

H. Susanto, P. G. Kevrekidis, B. A. Malomed +2

We investigate fundamental localized modes in 2D lattices with an edge (surface). Interaction with the edge expands the stability area for ordinary solitons, and induces a differen…

nlin.PS2006★ 47 cited

Modulational instability in a layered Kerr medium: Theory and Experiment

Martin Centurion, Mason A. Porter, Ye Pu +3

We present the first experimental investigation of modulational instability in a layered Kerr medium. The particularly interesting and appealing feature of our configuration, consi…

nlin.PS2006★ 54 cited

Modulated Amplitude Waves in Collisionally Inhomogeneous Bose-Einstein Condensates

Mason A. Porter, P. G. Kevrekidis, Boris A. Malomed +1

We investigate the dynamics of an effectively one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) with scattering length subjected to a spatially periodic modulation, $a=a(x)=a(x+L)…

nlin.PS2006★ 47 cited

Mobility of Discrete Solitons in Quadratically Nonlinear Media

H. Susanto, P. G. Kevrekidis, R. Carretero-Gonzalez +2

We study the mobility of solitons in second-harmonic-generating lattices. Contrary to what is known for their cubic counterparts, discrete quadratic solitons are mobile not only in…

nlin.PS2006★ 20 cited

Stability of Discrete Solitons in the Presence of Parametric Driving

H. Susanto, Q. E. Hoq, P. G. Kevrekidis

In this brief report, we consider parametrically driven bright solitons in the vicinity of the anti-continuum limit. We illustrate the mechanism through which these solitons become…

nlin.PS2006★ 101 cited

Symmetry Breaking in Symmetric and Asymmetric Double-Well Potentials

G. Theocharis, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis +1

Motivated by recent experimental studies of matter-waves and optical beams in double well potentials, we study the solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in such a context…

nlin.PS2006★ 128 cited

Nonlinearity Management in Optics: Experiment, Theory, and Simulation

Martin Centurion, Mason A. Porter, P. G. Kevrekidis +1

We conduct an experimental investigation of nonlinearity management in optics using femtosecond pulses and layered Kerr media consisting of glass and air. By examining the propagat…

nlin.PS2006★ 33 cited

Exact static solutions for discrete models free of the Peierls-Nabarro barrier: Discretized first integral approach

S. V. Dmitriev, P. G. Kevrekidis, N. Yoshikawa +1

We propose a generalization of the discrete Klein-Gordon models free of the Peierls-Nabarro barrier derived in Nonlinearity {\bf 12}, 1373 (1999) and Phys. Rev. E {\bf 72}, 035602(…

nlin.PS2006★ 109 cited

Radiationless Travelling Waves In Saturable Nonlinear Schrödinger Lattices

T. R. O. Melvin, A. R. Champneys, P. G. Kevrekidis +1

The longstanding problem of moving discrete solitary waves in nonlinear Schr{ö}dinger lattices is revisited. The context is photorefractive crystal lattices with saturable nonlinea…

nlin.PS2006★ 29 cited

Discrete Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations Free of the Peierls-Nabarro Potential

S. V. Dmitriev, P. G. Kevrekidis, A. A. Sukhorukov +2

We derive a class of discrete nonlinear Schr{ö}dinger (DNLS) equations for general polynomial nonlinearity whose stationary solutions can be found from a reduced two-point algebrai…

nlin.PS2006★ 17 cited

Statics and Dynamics of an Inhomogeneously-Nonlinear Lattice

Debra L. Machacek, Elizabeth A. Foreman, Q. E. Hoq +4

We introduce an inhomogeneously-nonlinear Schr{ö}dinger lattice, featuring a defocusing segment, a focusing segment and a transitional interface between the two. We illustrate that…