A Finite Difference Scheme for (2+1)D Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations with Nonlinear Damping

Abstract: Solitons of the purely cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in a space dimension of $n \geq 2$ suffer critical and supercritical collapses. These solitons can be stabilized in a cubic-quintic nonlinear medium. In this paper, we analyze the Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme for the (2+1)D cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with cubic damping. We show that both the discrete solution, in the discrete $L^2$-norm, and discrete energy are bounded. By using appropriate settings and estimations, the existence and the uniqueness of the numerical solution are proved. In addition, the error estimations are established in terms of second order for both space and time in discrete $L^2$-norm and $H^1$-norm. Numerical simulations for the (2+1)D cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with cubic damping are conducted to validate the convergence.