A toy model for frequency cascade in the nonlinear Schrodinger equation

Abstract

We present an elementary approach to observe frequency cascade on forced nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equations. The forcing term (which may also appear as a potential term instead) consists of a constant term, perturbed by a modulated Gaussian well. Algebraic computations provide an explicit frequency cascade when time and space derivatives are discarded from the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation. We provide stability results, showing that when derivatives are incorporated in the model, the initial algebraic solution may be little affected, possibly over long time intervals. Numerical simulations are provided, which support the analysis.