Nonlinear Sciences – Pattern Formation and Solitons
Scientific paper
2004-11-11
Nonlinear Sciences
Pattern Formation and Solitons
23 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physd.2005.04.006
In {\em Physica D} {\bf 91}, 223 (1996), results were obtained regarding the tangent bifurcation of the band edge modes ($q=0,\pi$) of nonlinear Hamiltonian lattices made of $N$ coupled oscillators. Introducing the concept of {\em partial isochronism} which characterises the way the frequency of a mode, $\omega$, depends on its energy, $\epsilon$, we generalize these results and show how the bifurcation energies of these modes are intimately connected to their degree of isochronism. In particular we prove that in a lattice of coupled purely isochronous oscillators ($\omega(\epsilon)$ strictly constant), the in-phase mode ($q=0$) never undergoes a tangent bifurcation whereas the out-of-phase mode ($q=\pi$) does, provided the strength of the nonlinearity in the coupling is sufficient. We derive a discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation governing the slow modulations of small-amplitude band edge modes and show that its nonlinear exponent is proportional to the degree of isochronism of the corresponding orbits. This equation may be seen as a link between the tangent bifurcation of band edge modes and the possible emergence of localized modes such as discrete breathers.
Dorignac Jérôme
Flach Sergej
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