On a class of spatial discretizations of equations of the nonlinear Schrödinger type

  • Authors:
  • P. G. Kevrekidis;S. V. Dmitriev;A. A. Sukhorukov

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts Lederle Graduate Research Tower, Amherst, MA 01003-4515, USA;Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan;Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We demonstrate the systematic derivation of a class of discretizations of nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equations for general polynomial nonlinearity whose stationary solutions can be found from a reduced two-point algebraic condition. We then focus on the cubic problem and illustrate how our class of models compares with the well-known discretizations such as the standard discrete NLS equation, or the integrable variant thereof. We also discuss the conservation laws of the derived generalizations of the cubic case, such as the lattice momentum or mass and the connection with their corresponding continuum siblings.