ON A CLASS OF DERIVATIVE NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER-TYPE EQUATIONS IN TWO SPATIAL DIMENSIONS

We present analytical results and numerical simulations for a class of nonlinear dispersive equations in two spatial dimensions. These equations are of (derivative) nonlinear Schrodinger type and have recently been obtained by Dumas et al. in the context of nonlinear optics. In contrast to the usual nonlinear Schrodinger equation, this new model incorporates the additional effects of self-steepening and partial off-axis variations of the group velocity of the laser pulse. We prove global-in-time existence of the corresponding solution for various choices of parameters. In addition, we present a series of careful numerical simulations concerning the (in-)stability of stationary states and the possibility of finite-time blow-up.