We describe a novel class of solitary waves in second-harmonic-generation models with competing quadratic and cubic nonlinearities. These solitary waves exist at a discrete set of values of the propagation constants, being embedded inside the continuous spectrum of the linear system ("embedded solitons", ES). They are found numerically and, in a reduced model, in an exact analytical form too. We prove analytically and verify by direct simulations that the fundamental (single-humped) ESs are linearly stable, but are subject to a weak nonlinear one-sided instability. In some cases, the nonlinear instability is so weak that ES is a virtually stable object. Multi-humped embedded solitons are found too, all being linearly (strongly) unstable. © 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of IMACS.
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Yang, J., Malomed, B. A., Kaup, D. J., & Champneys, A. R. (2001). Embedded solitons: A new type of solitary wave. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 56(6), 585–600. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4754(01)00327-5
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