Soliton Solutions,B/icklund Transformations and Lax Pair for a （3 ＋ 1）-Dimensional Variable-Coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation in Fluids

Under investigation in this paper is a （3 q- 1）-dimensional variable-coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, which describes the propagation of surface and internal water waves. By virtue of the binary Bell polynomials, symbolic computation and auxiliary independent variable, the bilinear forms, soliton solutions, Backlund transformations and Lax pair are obtained. Variable coefficients of the equation can affect the solitonic structure, when they are specially chosen, while curved and linear solitons are illustrated. Elastic collisions between/among two and three solitons are discussed, through which the solitons keep their original shapes invariant except for some phase shifts.     

Nonautonomous solitons for an extended forced Korteweg-de Vries equation with variable coefficients in the fluid or plasma

Under investigation in this paper is an extended forced Korteweg-de Vries equation with variable coefficients in the fluid or plasma. Lax pair, bilinear forms, and bilinear Bäcklund transformations are derived. Based on the bilinear forms, the first-, second-, and third-order nonautonomous soliton solutions are derived. Propagation and interaction of the nonautonomous solitons are investigated and influence of the variable coefficients is also discussed: Amplitude of the first-order nonautonomous soliton is determined by the spectral parameter and perturbed factor; there exist two kinds of the solitons, namely the elevation and depression solitons, depending on the sign of the spectral parameter; the background where the nonautonomous soliton exists is influenced by the perturbed factor and external force coefficient; breather solutions can be constructed under the conjugate condition, and period of the breather is related to the dispersive and nonuniform coefficients.     

Solitons and periodic waves for a generalized (3+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation in fluid dynamics and plasma physics

Under investigation in this paper is a generalized (3+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation in fluid dynamics and plasma physics. Soliton and one-periodic-wave solutions are obtained via the Hirota bilinear method and Hirota–Riemann method. Magnitude and velocity of the one soliton are derived. Graphs are presented to discuss the solitons and one-periodic waves: the coefficients in the equation can determine the velocity components of the one soliton, but cannot alter the soliton magnitude; the interaction between the two solitons is elastic; the coefficients in the equation can influence the periods and velocities of the periodic waves. Relation between the one-soliton solution and one-periodic wave solution is investigated.     

Bäcklund Transformation,Lax Pair and Solitons of the (2+1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson-like Equations with Variable Coefficients for the Electrostatic Wave Packets

The (2+1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson-like equations with variable coefficients have the applications in the ultra-relativistic degenerate dense plasmas and Bose-Einstein condensates. Via the Bell polynomials and symbolic computation, the bilinear form, Bäcklund transformation and Lax pair for such equations are obtained. Based on the Hirota method, we construct the soliton solutions, analyze the elastic collisions with the constant and variable coefficients, and observe that solitons no longer keep rectilinear propagation and display different shapes because of the variable coefficients. Besides, localized excitations are derived through the variable separation.     

Dark two-soliton solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations in inhomogeneous optical fibers

In this paper, the variable coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation is investigated analytically. With the bilinear method, the bilinear forms and analytic soliton solutions are obtained. Based on the obtained analytic solutions, the effect of free parameters on the control of soliton transmission is studied. Influences of second-order and third-order dispersion coefficients on dark solitons are discussed. Results in this paper would be of great significance in the generation of dark solitons.     

Bäcklund transformation,infinitely-many conservation laws,solitary and periodic waves of an extended (3 + 1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation with time-dependent coefficients

In this paper, an extended (3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation with time-dependent coefficients is investigated, which comes from the second member of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili hierarchy and is shown to be conditionally integrable. Bilinear form, Bäcklund transformation, Lax pair and infinitely-many conservation laws are derived via the binary Bell polynomials and symbolic computation. With the help of the bilinear form, one-, two- and three-soliton solutions are obtained via the Hirota method, one-periodic wave solutions are constructed via the Riemann theta function. Additionally, propagation and interaction of the solitons are investigated analytically and graphically, from which we find that the interaction between the solitons is elastic and the time-dependent coefficients can affect the soliton velocities, but the soliton amplitudes remain unchanged. One-periodic waves approach the one-solitary waves with the amplitudes vanishing and can be viewed as a superposition of the overlapping solitary waves, placed one period apart.     

Solitons for the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with Raman effect in nonlinear optics

Considering the ultrashort optical soliton propagation in the non-Kerr media, the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with Raman effect is studied through the dependent variable transformation and Hirota method. Based on symbolic computation, the bilinear form, the explicit one- and two-soliton solutions for the equation are presented. The constraint parametric condition for the existence of soliton solutions is also derived. Propagation characteristics and interaction behaviors of the solitons are graphically shown and discussed: (1) Overtaking elastic interactions of the two solitons; (2) periodic attraction and repulsion of the bounded states of two solitons; (3) propagation in parallel of the two solitons.     

Bilinear forms and dark soliton behaviors for a higher-order variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation in an inhomogeneous alpha helical protein

In this paper, a higher-order variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation is studied, which describes an inhomogeneous alpha helical protein with higher-order excitation and interaction under the continuum approximation. With the aid of auxiliary function, we obtain the variable-coefficient Hirota’s bilinear equations under a set of integrable constraints. Using the Hirota’s method and symbolic computation, we derive the dark one-, two- and N-soliton solutions. Influences of the variable coefficients on the soliton velocity, amplitude, and shape are analyzed. For instance, when the variable coefficients are the linear and quadratic functions of time, since the pharmacological efficacy in specific sites of the alpha helical protein diffuses linearly and quadratically as time goes on, we obtain a parabolic and cubic soliton. Interactions between/among the two, three, and four solitons with different values of variable coefficients are also discussed with the results including the parabolic, cubic, periodical, and stationary solitons.     

Multisoliton solutions and energy sharing collisions in coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with focusing,defocusing and mixed type nonlinearities

Bright and bright-dark type multisoliton solutions of the integrable N-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger (CNLS) equations with focusing, defocusing and mixed type nonlinearities are obtained by using Hirota’s bilinearization method. Particularly, for the bright soliton case, we present the Gram type determinant form of the n-soliton solution (n:arbitrary) for both focusing and mixed type nonlinearities and explicitly prove that the determinant form indeed satisfies the corresponding bilinear equations. Based on this, we also write down the multisoliton form for the mixed (bright-dark) type solitons. For the focusing and mixed type nonlinearities with vanishing boundary conditions the pure bright solitons exhibit different kinds of nontrivial shape changing/energy sharing collisions characterized by intensity redistribution, amplitude dependent phase-shift and change in relative separation distances. Due to nonvanishing boundary conditions the mixed N-CNLS system can admit coupled bright-dark solitons. Here we show that the bright solitons exhibit nontrivial energy sharing collision only if they are spread up in two or more components, while the dark solitons appearing in the remaining components undergo mere standard elastic collisions. Energy sharing collisions lead to exciting applications such as collision based optical computing and soliton amplification. Finally, we briefly discuss the energy sharing collision properties of the solitons of the (2+1) dimensional long wave-short wave resonance interaction (LSRI) system.     

Two-Soliton Solutions and Interactions for the Generalized Complex Coupled Kortweg-de Vries Equations

Kortweg-de Vries (KdV)-typed equations have been used to describe certain nonlinear phenomena in fluids and plasmas. Generalized complex coupled KdV(GCCKdV) equations are investigated in this paper. Through the dependent variable transformations and symbolic computation, GCCKdV equations are transformed into their bilinear forms, based on which the one- and two-soliton solutions are obtained. Through the interactions of two solitons, the regular elastic collision are shown. When the wave numbers are complex, three kinds of solitonic collisions are presented: (i) two solitons merge and separate fromeach other periodically; (ii) two solitons exhibit the attraction and repulsion nearly twice, and finally separate from each other after such type of interaction; (iii) two solitons are fluctuant in the central region of the collision. Propagation features ofsolitons are investigated with the effects of the coefficients in the GCCKdV equations considered. Velocity of soliton increase with the α increasing. Amplitude of v increase with the α increasing and decrease with the β increasing.     

Restudy of Structures and Interactions of Solitons in (2+1)-Dimensional Nizhnik-Novikov-Veselov Equations

Some new structures and interactions of solitons for the (2+1)-dimensional Nizhnik-Novikov-Veselov equation are revealed with the help of the idea of the bilinear method and variable separation approach. The solutions to describe the interactions between two dromions, between a line soliton and a y-periodic soliton, and between two y-periodic solitons are included in our results. Detailed behaviors of interaction are illustrated both analytically and in graphically. Our analysis shows that the interaction properties between two solitons are related to the form of interaction constant. The form of interaction constant and the dispersion relationship are related to the form of the seed solution {u₀, v₀, w₀} in Bäcklund transformation.     

Solitons,Bäcklund transformation and Lax pair for a (2+1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson system on surface waves of finite depth

Under investigation in this paper is a (2+1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson system, which describes the transformation of a wave-packet on water of finite depth. By virtue of the bell polynomials, bilinear form, Bäcklund transformation and Lax pair are got. One- and two-soliton solutions are obtained via the symbolic computation and Hirota method. Velocity and amplitude of the one-soliton solutions are relevant with the wave number. Graphical analysis indicates that soliton shapes keep unchanged and maintain their original directions and amplitudes during the propagation. Elastic overtaking and head-on interactions between the two solitons are described.     

Bilinear Forms and Dark-Dark Solitons for the Coupled Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear SchrÕdinger Equations with Variable Coefficients in a Twin-Core Optical Fiber or Non-Kerr Medium*

Twin-core optical fibers are applied in such fields as the optical sensing and optical communication,and propagation of the pulses,Gauss beams and laser beams in the non-Kerr media is reported.Studied in this paper are the coupled cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrodinger equations with variable coefficients,which describe the effects of quintic nonlinearity for the ultrashort optical pulse propagation in a twin-core optical fiber or non-Kerr medium.Based on the integrable conditions,bilinear forms are derived,and dark-dark soliton solutions can be constructed in terms of the Gramian via the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy reduction.Propagation and interaction of the dark-dark solitons are presented and discussed through the graphic analysis.With different values of the delayed nonlinear response effect b(z),where z represents direction of the propagation,the linear-and parabolic-shaped one dark-dark soltions can be derived.Interactions between the parabolic-and periodic-shaped two dark-dark solitons are presented with b(z) as the linear and periodic functions,respectively.Directions of velocities of the two dark-dark solitons vary with z and the amplitudes of the solitons remain unchanged can be observed.Interactions between the two dark-dark solitons of different types are displayed,and we observe that the velocity of one soliton is zero and direction of the velocity of the other soliton vary with z.We find that those interactions are elastic.     

Vector kink-dark complex solitons in a three-component Bose–Einstein condensate

We investigate kink-dark complex solitons(KDCSs) in a three-component Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC) with repulsive interactions and pair-transition(PT) effects. Soliton profiles critically depend on the phase differences between dark solitons excitation elements. We report a type of kink-dark soliton profile which shows a droplet-bubble-droplet with a density dip, in sharp contrast to previously studied bubble-droplets. The interaction between two KDCSs is further investigated. It demonstrates some striking particle transition behaviours during their collision processes, while soliton profiles survive after the collision. Additionally, we exhibit the state transition dynamics between a kink soliton and a dark soliton. These results suggest that PT effects can induce more abundant complex solitons dynamics in multi-component BEC.     

The D'Alembert type waves and the soliton molecules in a (2+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili with its hierarchy equation

For a one (2+1)-dimensional combined Kadomtsev-Petviashvili with its hierarchy equation, the missing D'Alembert type solution is derived first through the traveling wave transformation which contains several special kink molecule structures. Further, after introducing the Bäcklund transformation and an auxiliary variable, the N-soliton solution which contains some soliton molecules for this equation, is presented through its Hirota bilinear form. The concrete molecules including line solitons, breathers and a lump as well as several interactions of their hybrid are shown with the aid of special conditions and parameters. All these dynamical features are demonstrated through the different figures.     

PARTICULAR SOLITONS IN NONLINEAR LATTICE

One soliton of particle velocity and its amplitude (maximum particle velocity of one soliton) in Toda lattice is given analytically. It has also been known numerically that the maximum particle velocity (when the collision of two solitons reaches their maximum, we define V_n at this time as its maximum particle velocity) during the collision of two solitons moving in the same direction is equal to the difference between the amplitudes of two solitons if the difference is large enough; however, the maximum particle velocity is equal to the adding up of the amplitudes of two solitons moving in the opposite directions. The relationship between the maximum value of e^-(r_n)-1 and their initial amplitude of e^-(r_n)-1 is also given analytically in Toda lattice if the amplitudes of the two solitons are the same and their moving directions are opposite. Compared with the Boussinesq equation, there are differences between the Toda lattice equation and the Boussinesq equation for solitons during the collision.     

Superposition solitons in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

We develop the Hirota bilinear method and obtain the exact one and two superposition soliton solutions for two-component Bose-Einstein condensates. The conversion of three kinds of solitons including the superposition solitons, bright-bright solitons, and dark-bright solitons is discussed. With the energy analysis, we find that the superposition soliton state is an excitation state for this system. Moreover, the collision of two superposition solitons is found to be elastic.     

Some types of dark soliton interactions in inhomogeneous optical fibers

Dark solitons are the subject of intense theoretical and experimental studies in nonlinear optics due to their unique characteristics compared with bright solitons. In this paper, the variable coefficient high-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the inhomogeneous optical fiber is investigated. Via the Hirota bilinear method and symbolic computation, the analytic dark two-soliton solutions are obtained. With the suitable choices of functions and coefficients for the obtained dark two-soliton solutions, some new phenomena are presented for the first time. The influences on phases and amplitudes of soliton interactions are detailed analyzed. Moreover, sets of double-triangle structures and methods of changing the propagation direction of dark solitons are introduced. Finally, by choosing suitable functions of the fourth-order dispersion parameter, the arch-structure and M-structure interactions are revealed. Results may be potentially useful in designing all-optical switches and optical fibers.     

Conservation laws,bilinear forms and solitons for a fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation for the attosecond pulses in an optical fiber

Under investigation in this paper is a fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which describes the propagation of attosecond pulses in an optical fiber. Based on the Lax pair, infinitely-many conservation laws are derived. With the aid of auxiliary functions, bilinear forms, one-, two- and three-soliton solutions in analytic forms are generated via the Hirota method and symbolic computation. Soliton velocity varies linearly with the coefficients of the high-order terms. Head-on interaction between the bidirectional two solitons and overtaking interaction between the unidirectional two solitons as well as the bound state are depicted. For the interactions among the three solitons, two head-on and one overtaking interactions, three overtaking interactions, an interaction between a bound state and a single soliton and the bound state are displayed. Graphical analysis shows that the interactions between the two solitons are elastic, and interactions among the three solitons are pairwise elastic. Stability analysis yields the modulation instability condition for the soliton solutions.