@article{AbelPikovskij1997, author = {Abel, Markus and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Parametric excitation of breathers in a nonlinear lattice}, year = {1997}, abstract = {We investigate localized periodic solutions (breathers) in a lattice of parametrically driven, nonlinear dissipative oscillators. These breathers are demonstrated to be exponentially localized, with two characteristic localization lengths. The crossover between the two lengths is shown to be related to the transition in the phase of the lattice oscillations.}, language = {en} }