1. Influence of pseudo-stimulated-Raman-scattering on the modulational instability in an inhomogeneous nonlinear medium.
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Avelar, Ardiley T., Cardoso, Wesley B., Calaça, Luciano, and Malomed, Boris A.
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RAMAN scattering , *MODULATIONAL instability , *NONLINEAR optical materials , *NONLINEAR Schrodinger equation , *COMPUTER simulation - Abstract
We study the influence of the pseudo-Raman effect on the modulation instability (MI) in an inhomogeneous nonlinear medium. The system is governed by the extended nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation, which is derived from a Zakharov-type system for the interaction between high-frequency and low-frequency waves. The resulting inhomogeneous NLS equation includes a pseudo-stimulated-Raman-scattering term. The model may apply to the propagation of waves in plasmas, surface waves in the ocean, and optical beams in nonlinear waveguides. This nonautonomous model is converted into an autonomous equation by a similarity transformation, allowing us to find MI regions of the system. The results suggest new possibilities for controlling multi-soliton patterns generated by the MI. The MI patterns are also produced by numerical simulations that confirm the analytical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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