Interaction of coupled higher order nonlinear Schrödinger equation solitons

The novel inelastic collision properties of two-soliton interaction for an n-component coupled higher order nonlinear Schr?dinger equation are studied. Some interesting features of three soliton interactions, related to the integrability of the n-component coupled higher order nonlinear Schr?dinger equation are also discussed. Received 17 April 2002 Published online 2 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: abhijit@iitg.ernet.in RID="b" ID="b"e-mail: sasanka@iitg.ernet.in RID="c" ID="c"e-mail: sudipta@iitg.ernet.in     

Discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation and polygonal solitons with applications to collapsed proteins

We introduce a novel generalization of the discrete nonlinear Schr?dinger equation. It supports solitons that we utilize to model chiral polymers in the collapsed phase and, in particular, proteins in their native state. As an example we consider the villin headpiece HP35, an archetypal protein for testing both experimental and theoretical approaches to protein folding. We use its backbone as a template to explicitly construct a two-soliton configuration. Each of the two solitons describe well over 7.000 supersecondary structures of folded proteins in the Protein Data Bank with sub-angstrom accuracy suggesting that these solitons are common in nature.     

Optical solitons and complexitons of the Schrödinger–Hirota equation

The Schrödinger–Hirota equation governs the propagation of optical solitons in a dispersive optical fiber. In this paper, this equation will be solved by the ansatz method for bright and dark 1-soliton solution. The power law nonlinearity will be assumed. By using the tanh method, some additional solutions will be derived. Finally, the numerical simulations will be given.     

Dark-in-the-Bright solitary wave solution of higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non-Kerr terms

We present new type of Dark-in-the-Bright solution also called dipole soliton for the higher order nonlinear Schrödinger (HNLS) equation with non-Kerr nonlinearity under some parametric conditions and subject to constraint relation among the parameters in optical context. This equation could be a model equation of pulse propagation beyond ultrashort range in optical communication systems. The solitary wave solution is composed of the product of bright and dark solitary waves. This type of pulse shape to be formed both the group velocity dispersion and third-order dispersion must be compensated. We also investigated the stability of the solitary wave solution under some initial perturbation on the parametric conditions. We have shown that the shape of pulse remains unchanged up to 20 normalized lengths even under some very small violation in parametric conditions.     

Dark solitary waves in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with third order dispersion, self-steepening, and self-frequency shift

We solve the higher order nonlinear Schr?dinger equation describing the propagation of ultrashort pulses in optical fibers. By means of the coupled amplitude-phase formulation fundamental (solitary wave) dark soliton solutions are found.     

Traveling-waves and solitons in a generalized time-variable coefficients nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms

In this work, we study exact solutions of a generalized nonautonomous cubic–quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms, and the dispersion and the nonlinear coefficients engendering temporal dependency. Similarity transformations are used to convert the nonautonomous equation into autonomous one and then we present solutions in a general way. These solutions are obtained for the first class by using the F-expansion method and for the second class constituted by most general bright, dark and front by a direct substitution. We also generalize the external potential which traps the system and the nonlinearities. Finally, the stability of the soliton solutions under slight disturbance of the constraint conditions and initial perturbation of white noise is discussed analytically and numerically. The results reveal that solitons can propagate in a stable way under slight disturbance of the constraint conditions and initial perturbation of a 10% white noise.     

Bifurcations and solutions for the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The theory of bifurcations for dynamical system is employed to construct new exact solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Firstly, the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation was converted into ordinary differential equation system by using traveling wave transform. Then, the system's Hamiltonian, orbits phases diagrams are found. Finally, six families of solutions are constructed by integrating along difference orbits, which consist of Jacobi elliptic function solutions, hyperbolic function solutions, trigonometric function solutions, solitary wave solutions, breaking wave solutions, and kink wave solutions.     

Bright and dark solitons for the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger's equation with time-dependent coefficients

In this paper, the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger's equation is studied with five forms of nonlinearity. This equation is also considered with time-dependent coefficients and additionally time-dependent linear attenuation is considered. The ansatz method approach is used to carry out the integration. Both bright and dark soliton solutions are obtained in this paper. The constraint conditions for the existence of soliton solutions are also given.     

Solitary wave solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non-polynomial nonlinearity

A new kind of non-polynomial nonlinearity is introduced in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) and the conditions are determined for which it admits solitary wave solutions. The study is done for two cases: one in which the nonlinear interaction is of the non-polynomial form and second in which cubic nonlinearity is also included along with the radical nonlinearity. Dark and bright solitary waves solutions are obtained in the respective cases. Further, later case is extended to conditions for which corresponding equation reduces to driven quadratic-cubic NLSE possessing cnoidal solutions with plane wave phase, which reduces to bright soliton for a certain parameter.     

Compacton-like solutions for modified KdV and nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external sources

We present new types of compacton-like solutions for modified KdV and nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external sources, using a recently developed fractional transformation. In particular, we explicate these novel compactons for the trigonometric case, and compare their properties with those of the compactons and solitons in the case of modified KdV equation. Keeping in mind the significance of nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external source, for pulse propagation through asymmetric twin-core fibres, we hope that the newly found compacton may be launched in a long-haul telecommunication network utilizing asymmetric twin-core fibres.     

Quasilinear theory for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic coefficients

The nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic coefficients is analyzed under the condition of large variation in the local dispersion. The solution after n periods is represented as the sum of the solution to the linear part of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the nonlinear first-period correction multiplied by the number of periods n. An algorithm for calculating the quasilinear solution with arbitrary initial conditions is proposed. The nonlinear correction to the solution for a sequence of Gaussian pulses is obtained in the explicit form.     

New exact solutions for higher order nonlinear Schrödinger equation in optical fibers

Nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) is now one of the prominent of modern physics, mathematics and chemistry. Over these fields, the NLSE is also applied in new emerging fields such as quantum information and econophysics. In this paper we investigate for new exact solutions of higher order nonlinear Schrodinger’s equation. This method allows to carry out the solution process of nonlinear wave equations more thoroughly and conveniently by computer algebra systems such as the Maple and Mathematica. In addition to providing a different way of solving the Schrodinger equation for such systems, the simplicity of the algorithm renders it a great pedagogical value.     

Periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation and invariant measures

In this paper we continue some investigations on the periodic NLSEiu _u +iu _xx +u|u| ^p-2 (p6) started in [LRS]. We prove that the equation is globally wellposed for a set of data of full normalized Gibbs measrue (after suitableL ²-truncation). The set and the measure are invariant under the flow. The proof of a similar result for the KdV and modified KdV equations is outlined. The main ingredients used are some estimates from [B1] on periodic NLS and KdV type equations.     

Optical soliton perturbation for time fractional resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation with competing weakly nonlocal and full nonlinearity

In this article, we retrieve optical soliton solutions of the perturbed time fractional resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation having competing weakly nonlocal and full nonlinearity. We study the equation for two different forms of nonlinearity, namely Kerr law and anti-cubic law. The F-expansion method along with fractional complex transformation is used to obtain the optical solitons. Moreover, the existence of these solitons are guaranteed with the constraint relations between the model coefficients and the traveling wave frequency coefficient.     

New geometries associated with the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We apply our recent formalism establishing new connections between the geometry of moving space curves and soliton equations, to the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation (NLS). We show that any given solution of the NLS gets associated with three distinct space curve evolutions. The tangent vector of the first of these curves, the binormal vector of the second and the normal vector of the third, are shown to satisfy the integrable Landau-Lifshitz (LL) equation = ×, ( = 1). These connections enable us to find the three surfaces swept out by the moving curves associated with the NLS. As an example, surfaces corresponding to a stationary envelope soliton solution of the NLS are obtained. Received 5 December 2001 Published online 2 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: radha@imsc.ernet.in     

Stability and oscillations of two-dimensional solitons described by the perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation

A perturbation theory for determining the stability characteristics of spatial optical solitons with a 2D transverse profile in a transparent medium with a weak saturation of nonlinear refractive index is developed. For Kerr nonlinearity, a new solution of linearized equations for weak soliton perturbations is found. Using this solution, an expression for the stability characteristic is deduced, which, in the case of unstable solitons, determines their decay length and, in the case of stable solitons, shows the presence of perturbations with anomalously weak damping (internal modes) and determines their oscillation period.     

Chirped optical solitons and stability analysis of the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation with nonlinear chromatic dispersion

The present paper aims to investigate the chirped optical soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation with nonlinear chromatic dispersion and quadratic-cubic law of refractive index. The exquisite balance between the chromatic dispersion and the nonlinearity associated with the refractive index of a fiber gives rise to optical solitons, which can travel down the fiber for intercontinental distances. The effective technique, namely, the new extended auxiliary equation method is implem...     

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.