Solitary Wave Dynamics in an External Potential

We consider the undamped nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation driven by a periodic external force. Classes of travelling solitons and multisoliton complexes are obtained by the numerical continuation in the parameter space. Two previously known stationary solitons and two newly found localised solutions are used as the starting points for the continuation. We show that there are two families of stable solitons: one family is stable for sufficiently low velocities while solitons f...

We suggest the method of derivation of Hamilton equations which describe the motion of solitons along non-uniform and time dependent large-scale background in case of wave dynamics described by the completely integrable equations in the Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur scheme. The method is based on development of old Stokes' argumentation which allows one to continue analytically some relationships derived for linear waves to the soliton region. It is presented here for a particul...

In this work we apply point canonical transformations to solve some classes of nonautonomous nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation namely, those which possess specific cubic and quintic - time and space dependent - nonlinearities. In this way we generalize some procedures recently published which resort to an ansatz to the wavefunction and recover a time and space independent nonlinear equation which can be solved explicitly. The method applied here allow us to find wide localiz...

We study nonlocal bright solitons subject to external spatially nonuniform potentials. If the potential is slowly varying on the soliton scale, we derive analytical soliton solutions behaving like Newtonian particles. If the potential has the form of an attractive delta-like point defect, we identify different dynamical regimes, defined by the relative strength of the nonlocality and the point defect. In these regimes, the soliton can be trapped at the defect's location, via ...

A concept of semiclassically concentrated solutions is formulated for the multidimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) with an external field. These solutions are considered as multidimensional solitary waves. The center of mass of such a solution is shown to move along with the bicharacteristics of the basic symbol of the corresponding linear Schr\"odinger equation. The leading term of the asymptotic WKB-solution is constructed for the multidimensional NLSE. Spec...

In this paper, we present new results regarding the orbital stability of solitary standing waves for the general fourth-order Schr\"odinger equation with mixed dispersion. The existence of solitary waves can be determined both as minimizers of a constrained complex functional and by using a numerical approach. In addition, for specific values of the frequency associated with the standing wave, one obtains explicit solutions with a hyperbolic secant profile. Despite these expl...

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a nontrival potential $V_\varepsilon(x)$. In particular, we consider the case where the initial data is close to a superposition of $k$ solitons with prescribed phase and location, and investigate the evolution of the Schr\"{o}dinger system. We prove that over a large time interval with the maximum time tending to infinity, all $k$ solitons will maintain the shape, and the solitons dynam...

The long-time asymptotics is analyzed for finite energy solutions of the 1D Schr\"odinger equation coupled to a nonlinear oscillator; mathematically the system under study is a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, whose nonlinear term includes a Dirac delta. The coupled system is invariant with respect to the phase rotation group U(1). This article, which extends the results of a previous one, provides a proof of asymptotic stability of solitary wave solutions in the case that t...

In this paper we study the validity of a Gausson (soliton) dynamics of the logarithmic Schr\"odinger equation in presence of a smooth external potential.

Employing a particularly suitable higher order symplectic integration algorithm, we integrate the 1-$d$ nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation numerically for solitons moving in external potentials. In particular, we study the scattering off an interface separating two regions of constant potential. We find that the soliton can break up into two solitons, eventually accompanied by radiation of non-solitary waves. Reflection coefficients and inelasticities are computed as functions ...