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Jianke Yang

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arXiv2009

Squared Eigenfunctions for the Sasa-Satsuma Equation

Squared eigenfunctions are quadratic combinations of Jost functions and adjoint Jost functions which satisfy the linearized equation of an integrable equation. In this article, squared eigenfunctions are derived for the Sasa-Satsuma equation whose spectral operator is a $3\times 3$ system, while its linearized operator is a $2\times 2$ system. It is shown that these squared eigenfunctions are sums of two terms, where each term is a product of a Jost function and an adjoint Jost function. The procedure of this derivation consists of two steps: first is to calculate the variations of the potentials via variations of the scattering data by the Riemann-Hilbert method. The second one is to calculate the variations of the scattering data via the variations of the potentials through elementary calculations. While this procedure has been used before on other integrable equations, it is shown here, for the first time, that for a general integrable equation, the functions appearing in these variation relations are precisely the squared eigenfunctions and adjoint squared eigenfunctions satisfying respectively the linearized equation and the adjoint linearized equation of the integrable system. This proof clarifies this procedure and provides a unified explanation for previous results of squared eigenfunctions on individual integrable equations. This procedure uses primarily the spectral operator of the Lax pair. Thus two equations in the same integrable hierarchy will share the same squared eigenfunctions (except for a time-dependent factor). In the Appendix, the squared eigenfunctions are presented for the Manakov equations whose spectral operator is closely related to that of the Sasa-Satsuma equation.

nlin.SI↗

arXiv2008

Perturbation theory for bright spinor Bose--Einstein condensate solitons

We develop a perturbation theory for bright solitons of the F=1 integrable spinor Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) model. The formalism is based on using the Riemann-Hilbert problem and provides the means to analytically calculate evolution of the soliton parameters. Both rank-one and rank-two soliton solutions of the model are obtained. We prove equivalence of the rank-one soliton and the ferromagnetic rank-two soliton. Taking into account a splitting of a perturbed polar rank-two soliton into two ferromagnetic solitons, it is sufficient to elaborate a perturbation theory for the rank-one solitons only. Treating a small deviation from the integrability condition as a perturbation, we describe the spinor BEC soliton dynamics in the adiabatic approximation. It is shown that the soliton is quite robust against such a perturbation and preserves its velocity, amplitude, and population of different spin components, only the soliton frequency acquires a small shift. Results of numerical simulations agree well with the analytical predictions, demonstrating only slight soliton profile deformation.

cond-mat.other↗

arXiv2008

A Universal Map for Fractal Structures in Weak Solitary Wave Interactions

Fractal scatterings in weak solitary wave interactions is analyzed for generalized nonlinear Schrödiger equations (GNLS). Using asymptotic methods, these weak interactions are reduced to a universal second-order map. This map gives the same fractal scattering patterns as those in the GNLS equations both qualitatively and quantitatively. Scaling laws of these fractals are also derived.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2008

Families of Vortex Solitons in Periodic Media

Various families of charge-one vortex solitons in two-dimensional periodic media are reported. These vortices reside either in the semi-infinite gap or higher band gaps of the media. For both Kerr and saturable nonlinearities (either focusing or defocusing), infinite vortex families are found. All these families do not bifurcate from Bloch bands; rather, they turn around before reaching edges of Bloch bands. It is further revealed that vortices with drastically different topological shapes can belong to the same vortex family, which is quite surprising.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2007

Accelerated Imaginary-time Evolution Methods for the Computation of Solitary Waves

Two accelerated imaginary-time evolution methods are proposed for the computation of solitary waves in arbitrary spatial dimensions. For the first method (with traditional power normalization), the convergence conditions as well as conditions for optimal accelerations are derived. In addition, it is shown that for nodeless solitary waves, this method converges if and only if the solitary wave is linearly stable. The second method is similar to the first method except that it uses a novel amplitude normalization. The performance of these methods is illustrated on various examples. It is found that while the first method is competitive with the Petviashvili method, the second method delivers much better performance than the first method and the Petviashvili method.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2007

Two-dimensional defect modes in optically induced photonic lattices

In this article, localized linear defect modes due to bandgap guidance in two-dimensional photonic lattices with localized or non-localized defects are investigated theoretically. First, when the defect is localized and weak, eigenvalues of defect modes bifurcated from edges of Bloch bands are derived analytically. It is shown that in an attractive (repulsive) defect, defect modes bifurcate out from Bloch-band edges with normal (anomalous) diffraction coefficients. Furthermore, distances between defect-mode eigenvalues and Bloch-band edges are exponentially small functions of the defect strength, which is very different from the one-dimensional case where such distances are quadratically small with the defect strength. It is also found that some defect-mode branches bifurcate not from Bloch-band edges, but from quasi-edge points within Bloch bands, which is very unusual. Second, when the defect is localized but strong, defect modes are determined numerically. It is shown that both the repulsive and attractive defects can support various types of defect modes such as fundamental, dipole, quadrupole, and vortex modes. These modes reside in various bandgaps of the photonic lattice. As the defect strength increases, defect modes move from lower bandgaps to higher ones when the defect is repulsive, but remain within each bandgap when the defect is attractive, similar to the one-dimensional case. The same phenomena are observed when the defect is held fixed while the applied dc field (which controls the lattice potential) increases. Lastly, if the defect is non-localized (i.e. it persists at large distances in the lattice), it is shown that defect modes can be embedded inside the continuous spectrum, and they can bifurcate out from edges of the continuous spectrum algebraically rather than exponentially.

physics.optics↗

arXiv2007

Solitary Waves Bifurcated from Bloch Band Edges in Two-dimensional Periodic Media

Solitary waves bifurcated from edges of Bloch bands in two-dimensional periodic media are determined both analytically and numerically in the context of a two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a periodic potential. Using multi-scale perturbation methods, envelope equations of solitary waves near Bloch bands are analytically derived. These envelope equations reveal that solitary waves can bifurcate from edges of Bloch bands under either focusing or defocusing nonlinearity, depending on the signs of second-order dispersion coefficients at the edge points. Interestingly, at edge points with two linearly independent Bloch modes, the envelope equations lead to a host of solitary wave structures including reduced-symmetry solitons, dipole-array solitons, vortex-cell solitons, and so on -- many of which have never been reported before. It is also shown analytically that the centers of envelope solutions can only be positioned at four possible locations at or between potential peaks. Numerically, families of these solitary waves are directly computed both near and far away from band edges. Near the band edges, the numerical solutions spread over many lattice sites, and they fully agree with the analytical solutions obtained from envelope equations. Far away from the band edges, solitary waves are strongly localized with intensity and phase profiles characteristic of individual families.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2007

Universal fractal structures in the weak interaction of solitary waves in generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Weak interactions of solitary waves in the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations are studied. It is first shown that these interactions exhibit similar fractal dependence on initial conditions for different nonlinearities. Then by using the Karpman-Solov'ev method, a universal system of dynamical equations is derived for the velocities, amplitudes, positions and phases of interacting solitary waves. These dynamical equations contain a single parameter, which accounts for the different forms of nonlinearity. When this parameter is zero, these dynamical equations are integrable, and the exact analytical solutions are derived. When this parameter is non-zero, the dynamical equations exhibit fractal structures which match those in the original wave equations both qualitatively and quantitatively. Thus the universal nature of fractal structures in the weak interaction of solitary waves is analytically established. The origin of these fractal structures is also explored. It is shown that these structures bifurcate from the initial conditions where the solutions of the integrable dynamical equations develop finite-time singularities. Based on this observation, an analytical criterion for the existence and locations of fractal structures is obtained. Lastly, these analytical results are applied to the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations with various nonlinearities such as the saturable nonlinearity, and predictions on their weak interactions of solitary waves are made.

nlin.CD↗

arXiv2007

Universally-convergent Squared-operator Iteration Methods for Solitary Waves in General Nonlinear Wave Equations

Three new iteration methods, namely the squared-operator method, the modified squared-operator method, and the power-conserving squared-operator method, for solitary waves in general scalar and vector nonlinear wave equations are proposed. These methods are based on iterating new differential equations whose linearization operators are squares of those for the original equations, together with acceleration techniques. The first two methods keep the propagation constants fixed, while the third method keeps the powers (or other arbitrary functionals) of the solution fixed. It is proved that all these methods are guaranteed to converge to any solitary wave (either ground state or not) as long as the initial condition is sufficiently close to the corresponding exact solution, and the time step in the iteration schemes is below a certain threshold value. Furthermore, these schemes are fast-converging, highly accurate, and easy to implement. If the solitary wave exists only at isolated propagation constant values, the corresponding squared-operator methods are developed as well. These methods are applied to various solitary wave problems of physical interest, such as higher-gap vortex solitons in the two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equations with periodic potentials, and isolated solitons in Ginzburg-Landau equations, and some new types of solitary wave solutions are obtained. It is also demonstrated that the modified squared-operator method delivers the best performance among the methods proposed in this article.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2005

Instabilities of multi-hump vector solitons in coupled nonlinear Schroedinger equations

Spectral stability of multi-hump vector solitons in the Hamiltonian system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations is investigated both analytically and numerically. Using the closure theorem for the negative index of the linearized Hamiltonian, we classify all possible bifurcations of unstable eigenvalues in the systems of coupled NLS equations with cubic and saturable nonlinearities. We also determine the eigenvalue spectrum numerically by the shooting method. In case of cubic nonlinearities, all multi-hump vector solitons in the non-integrable model are found to be linearly unstable. In case of saturable nonlinearities, stable multi-hump vector solitons are found in certain parameter regions, and some errors in the literature are corrected.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2005

Multiple permanent-wave trains in nonlinear systems

Multiple permanent-wave trains in nonlinear systems are constructed by the asymptotic tail-matching method. Under some general assumptions, simple criteria for the construction are presented. Applications to fourth-order systems and coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations are discussed.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2005

A tail-matching method for the linear stability of multi-vector-soliton bound states

Linear stability of multi-vector-soliton bound states in the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations is analyzed using a new tail-matching method. Under the condition that individual vector solitons in the bound states are wave-and-daughter-waves and widely separated, small eigenvalues of these bound states that bifurcate from the zero eigenvalue of single vector solitons are calculated explicitly. It is found that unstable eigenvalues from phase-mode bifurcations always exist, thus the bound states are always linearly unstable. This tail-matching method is simple, but it gives identical results as the Karpman-Solev'ev-Gorshkov-Ostrovsky method.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2005

Complete eigenfunctions of linearized integrable equations expanded around an arbitrary solution

Complete eigenfunctions of linearized integrable equations expanded around an arbitrary solution are obtained for the Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur (AKNS) hierarchy and the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) hierarchy. It is shown that the linearization operators and the recursion operator which generates the hierarchy are commutable. Consequently, eigenfunctions of the linearization operators are precisely squared eigenfunctions of the associated eigenvalue problem. Similar results are obtained for the adjoint linearization operators as well. These results make a simple connection between the direct soliton/multi-soliton perturbation theory and the inverse-scattering based perturbation theory for these hierarchy equations.

nlin.SI↗

arXiv2005

Defect modes in one-dimensional photonic lattices

Linear defect modes in one-dimensional photonic lattices are studied theoretically. For negative (repulsive) defects, various localized defect modes are found. The strongest confinement of the defect modes appear when the lattice intensity at the defect site is {\em non-zero} rather than zero. When launched at small angles into such a defect site of the lattice, a Gaussian beam can be trapped and undergo snake oscillations under appropriate conditions.

physics.optics↗

arXiv2003

Stability of vortex solitons in a photorefractive optical lattice

Stability of off-site vortex solitons in a photorefractive optical lattice is analyzed. It is shown that such solitons are linearly unstable in both the high and low intensity limits. In the high-intensity limit, the vortex looks like a familiar ring vortex, and it suffers oscillatory instabilities. In the low-intensity limit, the vortex suffers both oscillatory and Vakhitov-Kolokolov instabilities. However, in the moderate-intensity regime, the vortex becomes stable if the lattice intensity or the applied voltage is above a certain threshold value. Stability regions of vortices are also determined at typical experimental parameters.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2003

Fundamental and vortex solitons in a two-dimensional optical lattice

Fundamental and vortex solitons in a two-dimensional optically induced waveguide array are reported. In the strong localization regime, the fundamental soliton is largely confined to one lattice site, while the vortex state comprises of four fundamental modes superimposed in a square configuration with a phase structure that is topologically equivalent to the conventional vortex. However, in the weak localization regime, both the fundamental and vortex solitons spread over many lattice sites. We further show that fundamental and vortex solitons are stable against small perturbations in the strong localization regime.

physics.optics↗

arXiv2003

Continuous families of embedded solitons in the third-order NLS equation

The nonlinear Schroedinger equation with a third-order dispersive term is considered. Infinite families of embedded solitons, parameterized by the propagation velocity, are found through a gauge transformation. By applying this transformation, an embedded soliton can acquire any velocity above a certain threshold value. It is also shown that all these families of embedded solitons are linearly stable, but nonlinearly semi-stable.

nlin.PS↗

arXiv2002

Stable vortex and dipole vector solitons in a saturable nonlinear medium

We study both analytically and numerically the existence, uniqueness, and stability of vortex and dipole vector solitons in a saturable nonlinear medium in (2+1) dimensions. We construct perturbation series expansions for the vortex and dipole vector solitons near the bifurcation point where the vortex and dipole components are small. We show that both solutions uniquely bifurcate from the same bifurcation point. We also prove that both vortex and dipole vector solitons are linearly stable in the neighborhood of the bifurcation point. Far from the bifurcation point, the family of vortex solitons becomes linearly unstable via oscillatory instabilities, while the family of dipole solitons remains stable in the entire domain of existence. In addition, we show that an unstable vortex soliton breaks up either into a rotating dipole soliton or into two rotating fundamental solitons.

nlin.PS↗