Stability of solitary waves in random nonlocal nonlinear media

Maucher, Fabian; Krolikowski, Wieslaw; Skupin, Stefan

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Stability of solitary waves in random nonlocal nonlinear media

Date

2012

Authors

Maucher, Fabian

Krolikowski, Wieslaw

Skupin, Stefan

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

We consider the interplay between nonlocal nonlinearity and randomness for two different nonlinear Schrödinger models. We show by means of both numerical simulations and analytical estimates that the stability of bright solitons in the presence of random