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This paper investigates a specific type of solution (Dirac solitons) to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) in a periodic potential. The key idea is to exploit the Dirac points in the dispersion relation and use a nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation as an effective model. This provides a theoretical framework for understanding and approximating solutions to the more complex NLS equation, which is relevant in various physics contexts like condensed matter and optics.
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The paper constructs standing waves of the NLS equation whose leading-order profile is a modulation of Bloch waves by means of the components of a spinor solving an appropriate cubic nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation.