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1Key Laboratory of Atomic & Molecular Physics and Functional Materials of Gansu Province, College of Physics and Electronics Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Abstract:
By considering a general discrete nonlinear Schrödinger model with arbitrary values of nonlinearity power and disorder, the existence and stability of a discrete breather (DB) in a general nonlinear lattice are discussed. It is found that nonlinearity and disorder play important roles in determining the existence and stability of the DB. Nonlinearity (expressed by the interparticle interaction) and disorder can enhance the stability of the DB. Remarkably, we find that the DB is most stable when the nonlinearity power is equal to a critical value. The effects of nonlinearity, nonlinearity power, and disorder on the stability of the DB are strongly coupled.
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