Orbital Stability of Standing Waves for a fourth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the mixed dispersions (1904.02540v3)

Abstract: In this paper, we study the ground state standing wave solutions for the focusing bi-harmonic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a $\mu$-Laplacian term (BNLS). Such BNLS models the propagation of intense laser beams in a bulk medium with a second-order dispersion term. Denote by $Q_p$ the ground state for the BNLS with $\mu=0$. We prove that in the mass-subcritical regime $p\in (1,1+\frac{8}{d})$, there exist orbitally stable {ground state solutions} for the BNLS when $\mu\in ( -\lambda_0, \iy)$ for some $\lambda_0=\lambda_0(p, d,|Q_p|{L^2})>0$. Moreover, in the mass-critical case $p=1+\frac{8}{d}$\,, we prove the orbital stability on certain mass level below $|Q^*|{L^2}$, provided $\mu\in (-\lam_1,0)$, where $\lam_1=\dfrac{4|\nabla Q^|^2_{L^2}}{|Q^|^2_{L^2}}$ and $Q^*=Q_{1+8/d}$. The proofs are mainly based on the profile decomposition and a sharp Gagliardo-Nirenberg type inequality. Our treatment allows to fill the gap concerning existence of the ground states for the BNLS when $\mu$ is negative and $p\in (1,1+\frac8d]$.