Modulational stability and gap solitons of gapless systems: Continuous versus discrete limits
Anno: 2012
Autori: Conforti M., De Angelis C., Akylas T.R., Aceves A.B.
Affiliazione autori: CNISM, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universita\’ degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA
Abstract: We consider a model consisting of two subsystems with crossing linear dispersion curves that describes, for example, light propagation in binary waveguide arrays. This model admits bright-dark gap solitons in both the discrete and the continuous (long-wavelength) limits, in spite of the absence of a gap in the linear (i.e., plane-wave) spectrum. We find that these solitons are always modulationally unstable in the continuous limit, whereas they can be stable in the discrete system if the amplitude of the background component exceeds a certain threshold.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 85 (6) Da Pagina: 063836 A: 063836
Maggiori informazioni: Work was done in part under the UniBSMIT-MechE faculty exchange program co-sponsored by the CARIPLO Foundation, Italy, under Grant No. 2008-2290. C.D.A. and M.C. acknowledge financial support from the CARIPLO Foundation under Grant No. 2010-0595 and from the U.S. Army under Grant No. W911NF-11-1-0285. A.A. would like to thank the University of Brescia collaborators for their hospitality during his recent visit. A.A. acknowledges support from the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECCS-1128593.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.063836Citazioni: 7dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2025-05-18Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui
