Construction of solutions of the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with asymptotically time-periodic boundary values

Abstract

We study the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the quarter plane with asymptotically periodic boundary values. By studying an associated Riemann-Hilbert problem and employing nonlinear steepest descent arguments, we construct solutions in a sector close to the boundary whose leading behaviour is described by a single exponential plane wave. Furthermore, we compute the subleading terms in the long time asymptotics of the constructed solutions.