Gap solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates in linear and nonlinear optical lattices

Abstract Properties of localized states on array of BEC confined to a potential, representing superposition of linear and nonlinear optical lattices are investigated. For a shallow lattice case the coupled mode system has been derived. We revealed new types of gap solitons and studied their stability. For the first time a moving soliton solution has been found. Analytical predictions are confirmed by numerical simulations of the Gross–Pitaevskii equation with jointly acting linear and nonlinear periodic potentials.