Solitary Waves and Their Linear Stability in Nonlinear Lattices

Solitary waves in a general nonlinear lattice are discussed, employing as a model the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a spatially periodic nonlinear coefficient. An asymptotic theory is developed for long solitary waves, which span a large number of lattice periods. In this limit, the allowed po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akylas, Triantaphyllos R., Hwang, G., Yang, J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76698
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-4574