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Discrete Solitons And Vortices In Anisotropic Hexagonal And Honeycomb Lattices, Q E. Hoq, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, A R. Bishop
Discrete Solitons And Vortices In Anisotropic Hexagonal And Honeycomb Lattices, Q E. Hoq, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, A R. Bishop
Mathematics and Statistics Department Faculty Publication Series
In the present work, we consider the self-focusing discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation on hexagonal and honeycomb lattice geometries. Our emphasis is on the study of the effects of anisotropy, motivated by the tunability afforded in recent optical and atomic physics experiments. We find that multi-soliton and discrete vortex states undergo destabilizing bifurcations as the relevant anisotropy control parameter is varied. We quantify these bifurcations by means of explicit analytical calculations of the solutions, as well as of their spectral linearization eigenvalues. Finally, we corroborate the relevant stability picture through direct numerical computations. In the latter, we observe the prototypical manifestation …