Stationary solutions of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. I. Case of repulsive nonlinearity

L. D. Carr, Charles W. Clark, and W. P. Reinhardt
Phys. Rev. A 62, 063610 – Published 15 November 2000
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Abstract

All stationary solutions to the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation under box and periodic boundary conditions are presented in analytic form. We consider the case of repulsive nonlinearity; in a companion paper we treat the attractive case. Our solutions take the form of stationary trains of dark or gray density-notch solitons. Real stationary states are in one-to-one correspondence with those of the linear Schrödinger equation. Complex stationary states are uniquely nonlinear, nodeless, and symmetry breaking. Our solutions apply to many physical contexts, including the Bose-Einstein condensate and optical pulses in fibers.

  • Received 15 November 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.62.063610

©2000 American Physical Society

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L. D. Carr1,*, Charles W. Clark2, and W. P. Reinhardt1,2,3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560
  • 2Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
  • 3Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700

  • *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Stationary solutions of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. II. Case of attractive nonlinearity

L. D. Carr, Charles W. Clark, and W. P. Reinhardt
Phys. Rev. A 62, 063611 (2000)

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