Mobility of discrete solitons in quadratically nonlinear media.
Mobility of discrete solitons in quadratically nonlinear media.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.99.214103
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发表时间:
2006-05
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8.6
通讯作者:
Hadi Susanto;P. Kevrekidis;R. Carretero-González;B. Malomed;D. Frantzeskakis
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作者:
Hadi Susanto;P. Kevrekidis;R. Carretero-González;B. Malomed;D. Frantzeskakis
We study the mobility of solitons in lattices with quadratic (chi(2), alias second-harmonic-generating) nonlinearity. Using the notion of the Peierls-Nabarro potential and systematic numerical simulations, we demonstrate that, in contrast with their cubic (chi(3)) counterparts, the discrete quadratic solitons are mobile not only in the one-dimensional (1D) setting, but also in two dimensions (2D), in any direction. We identify parametric regions where an initial kick applied to a soliton leads to three possible outcomes: staying put, persistent motion, or destruction. On the 2D lattice, the solitons survive the largest kick and attain the largest speed along the diagonal direction.