Stationary states of a nonlinear Schrödinger lattice with a harmonic trap

DOI10.1063/1.3625953zbMATH Open1272.35172arXiv1110.3172OpenAlexW3103102651MaRDI QIDQ2849752FDOQ2849752

D. J. Frantzeskakis, V. A. Achilleos, Nikos I. Karachalios, F. K. Diakonos, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, G. Theocharis

Publication date: 24 September 2013

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a discrete nonlinear Schr"odinger lattice with a parabolic trapping potential. The model, describing, e.g., an array of repulsive Bose-Einstein condensate droplets confined in the wells of an optical lattice, is analytically and numerically investigated. Starting from the linear limit of the problem, we use global bifurcation theory to rigorously prove that - in the discrete regime - all linear states lead to nonlinear generalizations thereof, which assume the form of a chain of discrete dark solitons (as the density increases). The stability of the ensuing nonlinear states is studied and it is found that the ground state is stable, while the excited states feature a chain of stability/instability bands. We illustrate the mechanisms under which discreteness destabilizes the dark-soliton configurations, which become stable only inside the continuum regime. Continuation from the anti-continuum limit is also considered, and a rich bifurcation structure is revealed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.3172

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zbMATH Keywords

dark-solitonBose-Einstein condensate dropletsparabolic trapping potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability in context of PDEs (35B35) Soliton solutions (35C08) Bifurcations in context of PDEs (35B32) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Ion traps (78A37)

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