%0 Journal Article %T Bifurcation from semi-trivial standing waves and ground states for a system of nonlinear Schr£żdinger equations %A Mathieu Colin %A Masahito Ohta %J Mathematics %D 2011 %I arXiv %X We consider a system of nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations related to the Raman amplification in a plasma. We study the orbital stability and instability of standing waves bifurcating from the semi-trivial standing wave of the system. The stability and instability of the semi-trivial standing wave at the bifurcation point are also studied. Moreover, we determine the set of the ground states completely. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1545v1