Parity-time Symmetry and Its Applications

Parity-time Symmetry and Its Applications
Author: Demetrios Christodoulides
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 585
Release: 2018-11-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811312478

This book offers a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental advances in linear and nonlinear parity-time-symmetric systems in various physical disciplines, and surveys the emerging applications of parity-time (PT) symmetry. PT symmetry originates from quantum mechanics, where if the Schrodinger operator satisfies the PT symmetry, then its spectrum can be all real. This concept was later introduced into optics, Bose-Einstein condensates, metamaterials, electric circuits, acoustics, mechanical systems and many other fields, where a judicious balancing of gain and loss constitutes a PT-symmetric system. Even though these systems are dissipative, they exhibit many signature properties of conservative systems, which make them mathematically and physically intriguing. Important PT-symmetry applications have also emerged. This book describes the latest advances of PT symmetry in a wide range of physical areas, with contributions from the leading experts. It is intended for researchers and graduate students to enter this research frontier, or use it as a reference book.

Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform

Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform
Author: Mark J. Ablowitz
Publisher: SIAM
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2006-05-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 089871477X

A study, by two of the major contributors to the theory, of the inverse scattering transform and its application to problems of nonlinear dispersive waves that arise in fluid dynamics, plasma physics, nonlinear optics, particle physics, crystal lattice theory, nonlinear circuit theory and other areas. A soliton is a localised pulse-like nonlinear wave that possesses remarkable stability properties. Typically, problems that admit soliton solutions are in the form of evolution equations that describe how some variable or set of variables evolve in time from a given state. The equations may take a variety of forms, for example, PDEs, differential difference equations, partial difference equations, and integrodifferential equations, as well as coupled ODEs of finite order. What is surprising is that, although these problems are nonlinear, the general solution that evolves from almost arbitrary initial data may be obtained without approximation.

Solitons in Optical Communications

Solitons in Optical Communications
Author: Akira Hasegawa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Solitons--waves that do not disperse as they travel through a medium--are the most recent and perhaps the most remarkable development in the revolution in telecommunications technology. When coupled with low loss fibers, semiconductor lasers, and erbium doped fibre amplifiers, solitons can carry--with perfect accuracy and at enormous rates--staggering amounts of information across vast distances. Authored by two leaders in the field, this book offers the best, most comprehensive introduction to soliton behavior in optical fibers available. Topics range from the dielectric fiber to the concept of guiding center (average) solitons to transmission control to modulational instability. Solitons in Optical Communications will be avidly read by students and researchers in optical communications and applied mathematics looking for the definitive survey of the hottest topic in telecommunications engineering.

Wigner Measure and Semiclassical Limits of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations

Wigner Measure and Semiclassical Limits of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations
Author: Ping Zhang
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 212
Release:
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821883563

"This book is based on a course entitled "Wigner measures and semiclassical limits of nonlinear Schrodinger equations," which the author taught at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in the spring of 2007. The author's main purpose is to apply the theory of semiclassical pseudodifferential operators to the study of various high-frequency limits of equations from quantum mechanics. In particular, the focus of attention is on Wigner measure and recent progress on how to use it as a tool to study various problems arising from semiclassical limits of Schrodinger-type equations." "At the end of each chapter, the reader will find references and remarks about recent progress on related problems. The book is self-contained and is suitable for an advanced graduate course on the topic."--BOOK JACKET.

Schrödinger Equations in Nonlinear Systems

Schrödinger Equations in Nonlinear Systems
Author: Wu-Ming Liu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2019-03-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811365814

This book explores the diverse types of Schrödinger equations that appear in nonlinear systems in general, with a specific focus on nonlinear transmission networks and Bose–Einstein Condensates. In the context of nonlinear transmission networks, it employs various methods to rigorously model the phenomena of modulated matter-wave propagation in the network, leading to nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations. Modeling these phenomena is largely based on the reductive perturbation method, and the derived NLS equations are then used to methodically investigate the dynamics of matter-wave solitons in the network. In the context of Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), the book analyzes the dynamical properties of NLS equations with the external potential of different types, which govern the dynamics of modulated matter-waves in BECs with either two-body interactions or both two- and three-body interatomic interactions. It also discusses the method of investigating both the well-posedness and the ill-posedness of the boundary problem for linear and nonlinear Schrödinger equations and presents new results. Using simple examples, it then illustrates the results on the boundary problems. For both nonlinear transmission networks and Bose–Einstein condensates, the results obtained are supplemented by numerical calculations and presented as figures.

Harmonic Analysis And Wave Equations

Harmonic Analysis And Wave Equations
Author: Jean-michel Coron
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-08-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811208387

This book is a collection of lecture notes for the LIASFMA School and Workshop on 'Harmonic Analysis and Wave Equations' which was held on May 8-18, 2017 at Fudan University, in Shanghai, China. The aim of the LIASFMA School and Workshop is to bring together Chinese and French experts to discuss and dissect recent progress in these related fields; and to disseminate state of art, new knowledge and new concepts, to graduate students and junior researchers.The book provides the readers with a unique and valuable opportunity to learn from and communicate with leading experts in nonlinear wave-type equations. The readers will witness the major development with the introduction of modern harmonic analysis and related techniques.

The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
Author: Catherine Sulem
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2007-06-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387227687

Filling the gap between the mathematical literature and applications to domains, the authors have chosen to address the problem of wave collapse by several methods ranging from rigorous mathematical analysis to formal aymptotic expansions and numerical simulations.

The Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

The Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
Author: Panayotis G. Kevrekidis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2009-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540891994

This book constitutes the first effort to summarize a large volume of results obtained over the past 20 years in the context of the Discrete Nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the physical settings that it describes.