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Rogue Waves In Nonlinear Schrodinger Models With Variable Coefficients : Application To Bose Einstein Condensates, J. S. He, E. G. Charalampidis, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskasis
Rogue Waves In Nonlinear Schrodinger Models With Variable Coefficients : Application To Bose Einstein Condensates, J. S. He, E. G. Charalampidis, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskasis
Mathematics and Statistics Department Faculty Publication Series
We explore the form of rogue waves solution sin a select set of case examples of non linear Schrodinger equations with variable coefficients. We focus on systems with constant dispersion, and present three different models that describe atomic Bose Einstein condensates in different experimentally relevant settings. For these models, we identify exact rogue waves solutions. Our analytical findings are corroborated by direct numerical integration of the original equations, performed by two different schemes. Very good agreement between numerical results and analytical predictions for the emergence of the rogue waves is identified. Additionally, the nontrivial fate of small numerically induced perturbations …
Time- And Space-Variant Wave Transmission In Helicoidal Phononic Crystals, F. Li, C. Chong, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, C Daraio
Time- And Space-Variant Wave Transmission In Helicoidal Phononic Crystals, F. Li, C. Chong, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, C Daraio
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We present a dynamically tunable mechanism of wave transmission in 1D helicoidal phononic crystals in a shape similar to DNA structures. These helicoidal architectures allow slanted nonlinear contact among cylindrical constituents, and the relative torsional movements can dynamically tune the contact stiffness between neighboring cylinders. This results in cross-talking between in-plane torsional and out-of-plane longitudinal waves. We numerically demonstrate their versatile wave mixing and controllable dispersion behavior in both wavenumber and frequency domains. Based on this principle, a suggestion towards an acoustic configuration bearing parallels to a transistor is further proposed, in which longitudinal waves can be switched on/off through …
Interaction Of Sine-Gordon Kinks And Breathers With A Parity-Time-Symmetric Defect, Danial Saadatmand, Sergey V. Dmitriev, Denis I. Borisov, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis
Interaction Of Sine-Gordon Kinks And Breathers With A Parity-Time-Symmetric Defect, Danial Saadatmand, Sergey V. Dmitriev, Denis I. Borisov, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis
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The scattering of kinks and low-frequency breathers of the nonlinear sine-Gordon (SG) equation on a spatially localized parity-time-symmetric perturbation (defect) with a balanced gain and loss is investigated numerically. It is demonstrated that if a kink passes the defect, it always restores its initial momentum and energy, and the only effect of the interaction with the defect is a phase shift of the kink. A kink approaching the defect from the gain side always passes, while in the opposite case it must have sufficiently large initial momentum to pass through the defect instead of being trapped in the loss region. …
Vector Rogue Waves And Dark Bright Boomeronic Solitons In Autonomous And Non Autonomous Settings, R. Babu Mareeswaran, E. G. Charalampidis, T. Kanna, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis
Vector Rogue Waves And Dark Bright Boomeronic Solitons In Autonomous And Non Autonomous Settings, R. Babu Mareeswaran, E. G. Charalampidis, T. Kanna, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis
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In this work, we consider the dynamics of vector rogue waves and ark bright solitons in two component nonlinear Schrodinger equations with various physically motivated time dependent non linearity coefficients, as well as spatio temporally dependent potentials. A similarity transformation is utilized to convert the system into the integrable Manakov system and subsequently the vector rogue and dark bright boomeron like soliton solutions of the latter are converted back into ones of the original non autonomous model. Using direct numerical simulations we find that, in most cases, the rogue waves formation is rapidly followed by a modulational instability that leads …
Lattice Three Dimensional Skyrmions Revisited, E. G. Charalampidis, T. A. I, P. G. Kevrekidis
Lattice Three Dimensional Skyrmions Revisited, E. G. Charalampidis, T. A. I, P. G. Kevrekidis
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In the continuum a skyrmion is a topological nontrivial map between Riemannian manifolds, an a stationary point of a particular energy functional. This paper describes lattice analogues of the aforementioned skyrmions, namely a natural way of using the topological properties of the three dimensional continuum Skyrme model to achieve topological stability on the lattice. In particular, using fixed point iterations, numerically exact lattice skyrmions are constructed: and their stability under small perturbation sis explored by means of linear stability analysis. While stable branches of such solutions are identified, it is also shown that they possess a particularly delicate bifurcation structure, …
Pt-Symmetric Dimer In A Generalized Model Of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators, Jesús Cuevas–Maraver, Avinash Khare, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Haitao Xu, Avadh Saxena
Pt-Symmetric Dimer In A Generalized Model Of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators, Jesús Cuevas–Maraver, Avinash Khare, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Haitao Xu, Avadh Saxena
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Abstract In the present work, we explore the case of a general PT -symmetric dimer in the context of two both linearly and nonlinearly coupled cubic oscillators. To obtain an analytical handle on the system, we first explore the rotating wave approximation converting it into a discrete nonlinear Schrödinger type dimer. In the latter context, the stationary solutions and their stability are identified numerically but also wherever possible analytically. Solutions stemming from both symmetric and anti-symmetric special limits are identified. A number of special cases are explored regarding the ratio of coefficients of nonlinearity between oscillators over the intrinsic one …
Asymmetric Wave Propagation Through Saturable Nonlinear Oligomers, Daniel Law, Jennie D’Ambroise, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Detlef Kip
Asymmetric Wave Propagation Through Saturable Nonlinear Oligomers, Daniel Law, Jennie D’Ambroise, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Detlef Kip
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In the present paper we consider nonlinear dimers and trimers (more generally, oligomers) embedded within a linear Schrödinger lattice where the nonlinear sites are of saturable type. We examine the stationary states of such chains in the form of plane waves, and analytically compute their reflection and transmission coefficients through the nonlinear oligomer, as well as the corresponding rectification factors which clearly illustrate the asymmetry between left and right propagation in such systems. We examine not only the existence but also the dynamical stability of the plane wave states. Lastly, we generalize our numerical considerations to the more physically relevant …