Multiscale expansions for a generalized cylindrical nonlinear Schrodinger equation

Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis*, Boris A. Malomed

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Abstract

Considering a (3 + 1)-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation, we use the reductive multiscale expansion method to derive new evolution equations for small-amplitude solitary waves on a finite background. These equations are a combination of the so-called Johnson's and a CI equation for the spatial solitons, and a CII equation for the temporal solitons. It is shown that the simplest one-dimensional soliton solutions to these two equations are either dark or anti-dark, depending on the type of the nonlinearity and a value of the background amplitude. It is also demonstrated that one can easily switch a dark soliton into an anti-dark one, increasing the background intensity. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)179-185
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume264
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Dec 1999

Funding

FundersFunder number
General Secretariat for Research and TechnologyPENED-94 Grant #1242
Agricultural University of Athens

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