Gain of regularity for a coupled system of generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Abstract: In this paper we study the smoothness properties of solutions to a one-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger system equations that describes some physical phenomena such as propagation of polarized laser beams in birefringent Kerr medium in nonlinear optics. We show that the equations dispersive nature leads to a gain in regularity for the solution. In particular, if the initial data $(u_{0},\,v_{0})$ possesses certain regularity and sufficient decay as $|x|\rightarrow\infty,$ then the solution $(u(t),\,v(t))$ will be smoother than $(u_{0},\,v_{0})$ for $0 < t \leq T$ where $T$ is the existence time of the solution.