Localization and delocalization of two-dimensional discrete solitons pinned to linear and nonlinear defects

Abstract

We study the dynamics of two-dimensional (2D) localized modes in the nonlinear lattice described by the discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation, including a local linear or nonlinear defect. Discrete solitons pinned to the defects are investigated by means of the numerical continuation from the anti-continuum limit and also using the variational approximation (VA), which features a good agreement for strongly localized modes. The models with the time-modulated strengths of the linear or nonlinear defect are considered too. In that case, one can temporarily shift the critical norm, below which localized 2D modes cannot exists, to a level above the norm of the given soliton, which triggers the irreversible delocalization transition.