Thresholds for soliton creation in the Ablowitz-Ladik lattice

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 693-706

  Adrian Espinola Rocha J ^a   Kevrekidis, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablowitz Ladik equation; Discrete solitons; Excitation thresholds; Non linear Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

ABLOWITZ-LADIK LATTICE; BREATHING SOLITONS; DINGER EQUATION; DISCRETE SOLITON; EXCITATION THRESHOLD; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL POTENTIAL; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SINGLE COMPONENTS; THRESHOLD CONDITION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 70649089295     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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