Nonlinear spectral singularities for confined nonlinearities

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Jun 28;110(26):260402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.260402. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Abstract

We introduce a notion of spectral singularity that applies for a general class of nonlinear Schrödinger operators involving a confined nonlinearity. The presence of the nonlinearity does not break the parity-reflection symmetry of spectral singularities but makes them amplitude dependent. Nonlinear spectral singularities are, therefore, associated with a resonance effect that produces amplified waves with a specific amplitude-wavelength profile. We explore the consequences of this phenomenon for a complex δ-function potential that is subject to a general confined nonlinearity.