Abstract The discrete gap breathers (DGBs) in a one-dimensional diatomic chain with K2--K3--K4 potential are analysed. Using the local anharmonicity approximation, the analytical investigation has been implemented. The dependence of the central amplitude of the discrete gap breathers on the breather frequency and the localization parameter are calculated. With increasing breather frequency, the DGB amplitudes decrease. As a function of the localization parameter, the central amplitude exhibits bistability, corresponding to the two branches of the curve $\omega = \omega (\zeta)$. With a nonzero cubic term, the HS mode of DGB profiles becomes weaker. With increasing $K_{3}$, the HS mode of DGB profiles becomes weaker and a bit narrower. For the LS mode, with increasing K3, the central particle amplitude becomes larger, and the DGB profile becomes much sharper. But, as k3 increases further, the central particle amplitude of the LS mode becomes smaller.
Received: 23 December 2005
Revised: 17 August 2006
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10575074), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China and the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Tian Qiang(田强) and Li Mi-Shan(李宓善) Discrete gap breathers in a diatomic K2--K3--K4 chain with cubic nonlinearity 2007 Chinese Physics 16 228
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