Bright solitons in a P T-symmetric chain of dimers

DOI10.1155/2016/9514230zbMATH Open1362.39011arXiv1607.05331OpenAlexW2963554416WikidataQ59122597 ScholiaQ59122597MaRDI QIDQ504776FDOQ504776

Authors: Omar B. Kirikchi, Alhaji Akbar Bachtiar, H. Susanto 

Publication date: 17 January 2017

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

Abstract: We study the existence and stability of fundamental bright discrete solitons in a parity-time (PT)-symmetric coupler composed by a chain of dimers, that is modelled by linearly coupled discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations with gain and loss terms. We use a perturbation theory for small coupling between the lattices to perform the analysis, which is then confirmed by numerical calculations. Such analysis is based on the concept of the so-called anti-continuum limit approach. We consider the fundamental onsite and intersite bright solitons. Each solution has symmetric and antisymmetric configurations between the arms. The stability of the solutions is then determined by solving the corresponding eigenvalue problem. We obtain that both symmetric and antisymmetric onsite mode can be stable for small coupling, on the contrary of the reported continuum limit where the antisymmetric solutions are always unstable. The instability is either due to the internal modes crossing the origin or the appearance of a quartet of complex eigenvalues. In general, the gain-loss term can be considered parasitic as it reduces the stability region of the onsite solitons. Additionally, we analyse the dynamic behaviour of the onsite and intersite solitons when unstable, where typically it is either in the form of travelling solitons or soliton blow-ups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.05331

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zbMATH Keywords

stabilityperturbation theorydiscrete solitonschain of dimerssoliton blow-upstravelling solitonsdiscrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary lattice differential equations (34A33) Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Soliton equations (35Q51) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Stability theory for difference equations (39A30)

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