M. Chugunova and D. Pelinovsky
Block-diagonalization of the symmetric first-order coupled-mode system
SIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical Systems 5, 66-83 (2006)
Abstract:
We consider the Hamiltonian first-order coupled-mode system that
occur in nonlinear optics, photonics, and atomic physics. Spectral
stability of gap solitons is determined by eigenvalues of the
linearized coupled-mode system, which is equivalent to a
four-by-four Dirac system with sign-indefinite metric. In the
special class of symmetric nonlinear potentials, we construct a
block-diagonal representation of the linearized equations, when the
spectral problem reduces to two coupled two-by-two Dirac systems.
The block-diagonalization is used in fast numerical computations of
eigenvalues with the Chebyshev interpolation algorithm.
Keywords:
Hamiltonian first-order coupled-mode systems, gap solitons, spectral
stability, invariant subspaces, eigenvalues