Discrete breathers—advances in theory and applications

S Flach, AV Gorbach - Physics Reports, 2008 - Elsevier
Nonlinear classical Hamiltonian lattices exhibit generic solutions—discrete breathers. They
are time-periodic and (typically exponentially) localized in space. The lattices have discrete …

Non-linear waves in lattices: past, present, future

PG Kevrekidis - IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
In the present work, we attempt a brief summary of various areas where non-linear waves
have been emerging in the phenomenology of lattice dynamical systems. These areas …

Multibreather and vortex breather stability in Klein–Gordon lattices: Equivalence between two different approaches

J Cuevas, V Koukouloyannis… - … Journal of Bifurcation …, 2011 - World Scientific
In this work, we revisit the question of stability of multibreather configurations, ie discrete
breathers with multiple excited sites at the anti-continuum limit of uncoupled oscillators. We …

Stable higher-charge discrete vortices in hexagonal optical lattices

KJH Law, PG Kevrekidis, TJ Alexander… - Physical Review A …, 2009 - APS
We show that double-charge discrete optical vortices may be completely stable in
hexagonal photonic lattices where single-charge vortices always exhibit dynamical …

Discrete solitons and vortices in hexagonal and honeycomb lattices: Existence, stability, and dynamics

KJH Law, PG Kevrekidis, V Koukouloyannis… - Physical Review E …, 2008 - APS
We consider a prototypical dynamical lattice model, namely, the discrete nonlinear
Schrödinger equation on nonsquare lattice geometries. We present a systematic …

Non-existence of phase-shift breathers in one-dimensional Klein–Gordon lattices with nearest-neighbor interactions

V Koukouloyannis - Physics Letters A, 2013 - Elsevier
It is well known that one-dimensional Klein–Gordon lattices with nearest-neighbor
interactions can support multibreathers with phase differences between the successive …

Existence and stability of multisite breathers in honeycomb and hexagonal lattices

V Koukouloyannis, PG Kevrekidis… - Journal of Physics A …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the existence and stability of multisite discrete breathers in two prototypical non-
square Klein–Gordon lattices, namely a honeycomb and a hexagonal one. In the …

Modulated transverse off-plane dust-lattice wave packets in hexagonal two-dimensional dusty plasma crystals

B Farokhi, M Shahmansouri, I Kourakis - Physics of Plasmas, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The propagation of nonlinear dust-lattice waves in a two-dimensional hexagonal crystal is
investigated. Transverse off-plane dust grain oscillatory motion is considered in the form of a …

Quantum breathers in ferromagnetic chains with on-site easy axis anisotropy

B Tang, DJ Li, Y Tang - Canadian Journal of Physics, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
Quantum breathers in one-dimensional ferromagnetic chains with on-site easy axis
anisotropy are investigated analytically. Based on the Hartree approximation, we can work …

Discrete breathers in hexagonal dusty plasma lattices

V Koukouloyannis, I Kourakis - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2009 - APS
The occurrence of single-site or multisite localized vibrational modes, also called discrete
breathers, in two-dimensional hexagonal dusty plasma lattices is investigated. The system is …