Integrable Nonlocal Nonlinear Equations
TL;DR: In this article, the reverse space-time and reverse time nonlinear integrable equations are introduced, which arise from symmetry reductions of general AKNS scattering problems where the nonlocality appears in both space and time or time alone.
Abstract: A nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation was recently found by the authors and shown to be an integrable infinite dimensional Hamiltonian equation. Unlike the classical (local) case, here the nonlinearly induced “potential” is PT symmetric thus the nonlocal NLS equation is also PT symmetric. In this paper, new reverse space-time and reverse time nonlocal nonlinear integrable equations are introduced. They arise from remarkably simple symmetry reductions of general AKNS scattering problems where the nonlocality appears in both space and time or time alone. They are integrable infinite dimensional Hamiltonian dynamical systems. These include the reverse space-time, and in some cases reverse time, nonlocal NLS, modified Korteweg-deVries (mKdV), sine-Gordon, (1 + 1) and (2 + 1) dimensional three-wave interaction, derivative NLS, “loop soliton,” Davey–Stewartson (DS), partially PT symmetric DS and partially reverse space-time DS equations. Linear Lax pairs, an infinite number of conservation laws, inverse scattering transforms are discussed and one soliton solutions are found. Integrable reverse space-time and reverse time nonlocal discrete nonlinear Schrodinger type equations are also introduced along with few conserved quantities. Finally, nonlocal Painleve type equations are derived from the reverse space-time and reverse time nonlocal NLS equations.
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04 May 2008TL;DR: It is shown that new types of nonlinear self-trapped modes can exist in optical PT synthetic lattices.
Abstract: We investigate the effect of nonlinearity in novel parity-time (PT) symmetric potentials. We show that new types of nonlinear self-trapped modes can exist in optical PT synthetic lattices.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the inverse scattering transform for the nonlocal NLS equation with nonzero boundary conditions at infinity is presented in four different cases when the data at infinity have constant amplitudes.
Abstract: In 2013, a new nonlocal symmetry reduction of the well-known AKNS (an integrable system of partial differential equations, introduced by and named after Mark J. Ablowitz, David J. Kaup, and Alan C. Newell et al. (1974)) scattering problem was found. It was shown to give rise to a new nonlocal PT symmetric and integrable Hamiltonian nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. Subsequently, the inverse scattering transform was constructed for the case of rapidly decaying initial data and a family of spatially localized, time periodic one-soliton solutions was found. In this paper, the inverse scattering transform for the nonlocal NLS equation with nonzero boundary conditions at infinity is presented in four different cases when the data at infinity have constant amplitudes. The direct and inverse scattering problems are analyzed. Specifically, the direct problem is formulated, the analytic properties of the eigenfunctions and scattering data and their symmetries are obtained. The inverse scattering problem, which...
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TL;DR: In this article, the standard and non-local nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equations obtained from the coupled NLS system of equations (AKNS) were studied by using the Hirota bilinear method.
Abstract: We study standard and nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equations obtained from the coupled NLS system of equations (Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur (AKNS) equations) by using standard and nonlocal reductions, respectively. By using the Hirota bilinear method, we first find soliton solutions of the coupled NLS system of equations; then using the reduction formulas, we find the soliton solutions of the standard and nonlocal NLS equations. We give examples for particular values of the parameters and plot the function |q(t, x)|2 for the standard and nonlocal NLS equations.
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TL;DR: In this article, an integrable non-local modified Korteweg-de Vries equation (mKdV) was proposed and its exact solutions including soliton and breather through inverse scattering transformation were given.
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TL;DR: In this article, general soliton solutions to nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) with Parity (PT)-symmetry for both zero and nonzero boundary conditions are obtained.
Abstract: General soliton solutions to a nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation with PT-symmetry for both zero and nonzero boundary conditions are considered via the combination of Hirota's bilinear method and the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) hierarchy reduction method. First, general N-soliton solutions with zero boundary conditions are constructed. Starting from the tau functions of the two-component KP hierarchy, it is shown that they can be expressed in terms of either Gramian or double Wronskian determinants. On the contrary, from the tau functions of single component KP hierarchy, general soliton solutions to the nonlocal NLS equation with nonzero boundary conditions are obtained. All possible soliton solutions to nonlocal NLS with Parity (PT)-symmetry for both zero and nonzero boundary conditions are found in the present paper.
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TL;DR: The condition of self-adjointness as discussed by the authors ensures that the eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian are real and bounded below, replacing this condition by the weaker condition of $\mathrm{PT}$ symmetry, one obtains new infinite classes of complex Hamiltonians whose spectra are also real and positive.
Abstract: The condition of self-adjointness ensures that the eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian are real and bounded below. Replacing this condition by the weaker condition of $\mathrm{PT}$ symmetry, one obtains new infinite classes of complex Hamiltonians whose spectra are also real and positive. These $\mathrm{PT}$ symmetric theories may be viewed as analytic continuations of conventional theories from real to complex phase space. This paper describes the unusual classical and quantum properties of these theories.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method for solving the initial value problem of the Korteweg-deVries equation is presented which is applicable to initial data that approach a constant sufficiently rapidly as
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Abstract: A systematic method is developed which allows one to identify certain important classes of evolution equations which can be solved by the method of inverse scattering The form of each evolution equation is characterized by the dispersion relation of its associated linearized version and an integro-differential operator A comprehensive presentation of the inverse scattering method is given and general features of the solution are discussed The relationship of the scattering theory and Backlund transformations is brought out In view of the role of the dispersion relation, the comparatively simple asymptotic states, and the similarity of the method itself to Fourier transforms, this theory can be considered a natural extension of Fourier analysis to nonlinear problems
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TL;DR: In this paper, parity-time symmetric periodic potentials are investigated in detail for both one-and two-dimensional lattice geometries, and it is shown that PT periodic structures can exhibit unique characteristics stemming from the nonorthogonality of the associated Floquet-Bloch modes.
Abstract: The possibility of parity-time (PT) symmetric periodic potentials is investigated within the context of optics. Beam dynamics in this new type of optical structures is examined in detail for both one- and two-dimensional lattice geometries. It is shown that PT periodic structures can exhibit unique characteristics stemming from the nonorthogonality of the associated Floquet-Bloch modes. Some of these features include double refraction, power oscillations, and eigenfunction unfolding as well as nonreciprocal diffraction patterns.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method of solution for the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation is presented, where the appropriate inverse scattering problem is solved and the one-soliton solution is obtained, as well as the infinity of conservation laws.
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