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Domain Walls in Two-Component Dynamical Lattices

P. G. Kevrekidis·Boris A. Malomed·D. J. Frantzeskakis·A. R. Bishop
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We introduce domain-wall (DW) states in the bimodal discrete nonlinear Schr{ö}dinger equation, in which the modes are coupled by cross phase modulation (XPM). By means of continuation from various initial patterns taken in the anti-continuum (AC) limit, we find a number of different solutions of the DW type, for which different stability scenarios are identified. In the case of strong XPM coupling, DW configurations contain a single mode at each end of the chain. The most fundamental solution of this type is found to be always stable. Another solution, which is generated by a different AC pattern, demonstrates behavior which is unusual for nonlinear dynamical lattices: it is unstable for small values of the coupling constant $C$ (which measures the ratio of the nonlinearity and coupling lengths), and becomes stable at larger $C$. Stable bound states of DWs are also found. DW configurations generated by more sophisticated AC patterns are identified as well, but they are either completely unstable, or are stable only at small values of $C$. In the case of weak XPM, a natural DW solution is the one which contains a combination of both polarizations, with the phase difference between them 0 and $π$ at the opposite ends of the lattice. This solution is unstable at all values of $C$, but the instability is very weak for large $C$, indicating stabilization as the continuum limit is approached. The stability of DWs is also verified by direct simulations, and the evolution of unstable DWs is simulated too; in particular, it is found that, in the weak-XPM system, the instability may give rise to a moving DW.

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P. G. Kevrekidis, Boris A. Malomed, D. J. Frantzeskakis, A. R. Bishop. 2003-01-25. Domain Walls in Two-Component Dynamical Lattices. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.67.036614

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