22 research outputs found
Generation of \c{hi}2 solitons from the Airy wave through the parametric instability
Spontaneous creation of solitons in quadratic media by the downconversion,
i.e., parametric instability against the generation of fundamental-frequency
excitations, from the truncated Airy-wave (AW) mode in the second-harmonic
component is studied. Parameter regions are identified for the generation of
one, two, and three solitons, with additional small-amplitude "jets". Shares of
the total power carried by individual solitons are found. Also considered are
soliton patterns generated by the downconversion from a pair of AWs bending in
opposite directions.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures, Optics Letters, in pres
Spontaneous symmetry breaking in a nonlinear double-well structure
We propose a model of a nonlinear double-well potential (NDWP), alias a
double-well pseudopotential, with the objective to study an alternative
implementation of the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in Bose-Einstein
condensates (BECs) and optical media, under the action of a potential with two
symmetric minima. In the limit case when the NDWP structure is induced by the
local nonlinearity coefficient represented by a set of two delta-functions, a
fully analytical solution is obtained for symmetric, antisymmetric and
asymmetric states. In this solvable model, the SSB bifurcation has a fully
subcritical character. Numerical analysis, based on both direct simulations and
computation of stability eigenvalues, demonstrates that, while the symmetric
states are stable up to the SSB bifurcation point, both symmetric and emerging
asymmetric states, as well as all antisymmetric ones, are unstable in the model
with the delta-functions. In the general model with a finite width of the
nonlinear-potential wells, the asymmetric states quickly become stable,
simultaneously with the switch of the SSB bifurcation from the subcritical to
supercritical type. Antisymmetric solutions may also get stabilized in the NDWP
structure of the general type, which gives rise to a bistability between them
and asymmetric states. The symmetric states require a finite norm for their
existence, an explanation to which is given. A full diagram for the existence
and stability of the trapped states in the model is produced. Experimental
observation of the predicted effects should be possible in BEC formed by
several hundred atoms.Comment: submitted to Physical Review
Motion dynamics of two-dimensional fundamental and vortex solitons in the fractional medium with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity
We report results of systematic investigation of dynamics featured by moving
two-dimensional (2D) solitons generated by the fractional nonlinear
Schroedinger equation (FNLSE) with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity. The motion
of solitons is a nontrivial problem, as the fractional diffraction breaks the
Galilean invariance of the underlying equation. The addition of the defocusing
quintic term to the focusing cubic one is necessary to stabilize the solitons
against the collapse. The setting presented here can be implemented in
nonlinear optical waveguides emulating the fractional diffraction. Systematic
consideration identifies parameters of moving fundamental and vortex solitons
(with vorticities 0 and 1 or 2, respectively) and maximum velocities up to
which stable solitons persist, for characteristic values of the Levy index
which determines the fractionality of the underlying model. Outcomes of
collisions between 2D solitons moving in opposite directions are identified
too. These are merger of the solitons, quasi-elastic or destructive collisions,
and breakup of the two colliding solitons into a quartet of secondary ones.Comment: In the original submission of this preprint (a day ago), the title
was accidentally replaced by a title of a different paper. Except for that,
the preprint itself and all other details were correct. The paper will be
published in Wave Motion (a special issue, "Modelling Nonlinear Waves: From
Theory to Applications", dedicated to the memory of Noel F. Smyth