scholarly journals Validity of the nonlinear Schrödinger approximation for quasilinear dispersive systems with more than one derivative

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Heß
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Schrödinger ◽  
Dispersive Systems

scholarly journals Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Systems for Periodic Media with Nonlocal Nonlinearity: The Case of Nematic Liquid Crystals

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4420
Author(s):  
Panayotis Panayotaros
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Infinite System ◽  
Linear Part ◽  
Optical Power ◽  
Explicit Construction ◽  
Translation Invariance ◽  
Nonlocal Nonlinearity ◽  
Wannier Functions ◽  
Nonlinear Schrödinger ◽  
Nonlinear Schrödinger Systems

We study properties of an infinite system of discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations that is equivalent to a coupled Schrödinger-elliptic differential equation with periodic coefficients. The differential equation was derived as a model for laser beam propagation in optical waveguide arrays in a nematic liquid crystal substrate and can be relevant to related systems with nonlocal nonlinearities. The infinite system is obtained by expanding the relevant physical quantities in a Wannier function basis associated to a periodic Schrödinger operator appearing in the problem. We show that the model can describe stable beams, and we estimate the optical power at different length scales. The main result of the paper is the Hamiltonian structure of the infinite system, assuming that the Wannier functions are real. We also give an explicit construction of real Wannier functions, and examine translation invariance properties of the linear part of the system in the Wannier basis.

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