Statics, dynamics, and manipulations of bright matter-wave solitons in optical lattices

P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, R. Carretero-González, B. A. Malomed, G. Herring, and A. R. Bishop Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4515, USA Department of Physics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografos, Athens 15784, Greece Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Group, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182-7720, USA Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Center for Nonlinear Studies and Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA sReceived 17 August 2004; published 28 February 2005d