Parametric and modulational instabilities of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We examine the parametric and modulational instabilities arising in a non-autonomous, discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The principal motivation for our study stems from the dynamics of Bose–Einstein condensates trapped in a deep optical lattice. We find that under periodic variations of the heights of the interwell barriers (or equivalently of the scattering length), in addition to the modulational instability, a window of parametric instability becomes available to the system. We explore this instability through multiple-scale analysis and identify it numerically. Its principal dynamical characteristic is that, typically, it develops over much larger times than the modulational instability, a feature that is qualitatively justified by comparison of the corresponding instability growth rates.

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