Dynamics of NLS solitons described by the cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation

The generalized moment method is applied to average the Ginzburg-Landau equation with quintic nonlinearity in the neighborhood of a soliton solution to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. A qualitative analysis of the resulting dynamical system is presented. New soliton solutions bifurcating from a known exact soliton solution are obtained. The results of the qualitative analysis are compared with those obtained by direct numerical solution of the Ginzburg-Landau equation.     

Noncommutative NLS equation

In the framework of noncommutative field theory we discuss a deformation (ncNLS) of the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation. In particular, a first order equation in the deformation parameter is obtained which generates a (Seiberg-Witten-type) map from NLS to ncNLS solutions.     

Vector NLS solitons interacting with a boundary

We construct multi-soliton solutions of the n-component vector nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the half-line subject to two classes of integrable boundary conditions (BCs): the homogeneous Robin BCs and the mixed Neumann/Dirichlet BCs. The construction is based on the so-called dressing the boundary, which generates soliton solutions by preserving the integrable BCs at each step of the Darboux-dressing process. Under the Robin BCs, examples, including boundary-bound solitons, are explicitly derived; under the mixed Neumann/Dirichlet BCs, the boundary can act as a polarizer that tunes different components of the vector solitons. Connection of our construction to the inverse scattering transform is also provided.     

Fresnel diffraction of solitons in the Synge model

The problem of Fresnel diffraction of complex scalar solitons by an infinite rectilinear slot in an absorbing screen is considered. The intensity of the scattered solitons is computed in a first approximation of perturbation theory, and the ratio between the characteristic dimension of the soliton and the slot width is taken as the smallness parameter.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 1, pp. 36–38, January, 1982.     

Tenth Peregrine breather solution to the NLS equation

In this paper we construct a particularly important solution to the focusing NLS equation, namely a Peregrine breather of the rank 10 which we call, P₁₀$P_{10}$ breather. The related explicit formula is given by the ratio of two polynomials of degree 110 with integer coefficients times trivial exponential factor. This formula drastically simplifies for the “initial values” namely for t=0$t=0$ or x=0$x=0$. This formula confirms a general conjecture saying that between all quasi-rational solutions of the rank N$N$ fixed by the condition that its absolute value tends to 1 at infinity and its highest maximum is located at the point (x=0,t=0)$(x=0,t=0)$, the P_N$P_N$ breather is distinguished by the fact that P_N(0,0)=2N+1$P_N(0,0)=2N+1$ and, in the aforementioned class of quasi-rational solutions, it is an absolute maximum. At the end we also make a few remarks concerning the rational deformations of P₁₀$P_{10}$ breather involving 2N−2$2N-2$ free real parameters chosen in a way that P_N$P_N$ breather itself corresponds to the zero values of these parameters although we have no intention to discuss the properties of these deformations here.     

Invariant tori in the discrete NLS with small amplitude diffraction management

We consider the question of persistence of breather solutions of the discrete NLS equation under time-periodic perturbations corresponding to small amplitude diffraction management. The question is formulated as a problem of continuation of tori in an infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian system with symmetries and we show that one-peak breathers of the discrete NLS with zero residual diffraction can be continued to periodic or quasiperiodic solutions of the discrete NLS with small residual diffraction and small amplitude diffraction management, provided that a nonresonance condition is satisfied. We also present numerical evidence that a similar continuation should be possible for certain single-, and multi-peak breathers of the discrete NLS with small diffraction.     

Conical diffraction and gap solitons in honeycomb photonic lattices

We study wave dynamics in honeycomb photonic lattices, and demonstrate the unique phenomenon of conical diffraction around the singular diabolical (zero-effective-mass) points connecting the first and second bands. This constitutes the prediction and first experimental observation of conical diffraction arising solely from a periodic potential. It is also the first study on k space singularities in photonic lattices. In addition, we demonstrate "honeycomb gap solitons" residing in the gap between the second and the third bands, reflecting the special properties of these lattices.     

Novel loop-like solitons for the generalized Vakhnenko equation

A non-traveling wave solution of a generalized Vakhnenko equation arising from the high-frequent wave motion in a relaxing medium is derived via the extended Riccati mapping method.The solution includes an arbitrary function of an independent variable.Based on the solution,two hyperbolic functions are chosen to construct new solitons.Novel single-loop-like and double-loop-like solitons are found for the equation.     

Complex solitons and poles of the sine-Gordon equation

We discuss the implications of a recently established equivalence between the lynamics of interacting sine-Gordon solitons and the motions of poles of the corresponding Hamiltonian density. The connection is traced to the existence of a complex soliton whose limiting forms are the real soliton and a singular form.     

非线性薛定谔方程的Jacobi椭圆函数解

用修正的影射法解非线性薛定谔方程，得到了一些新的Jacobi椭圆函数展开解. 关键词： Jacobi椭圆函数 非线性薛定谔方程 修正影射法 行波解     

Generation of large-amplitude solitons in the extended Korteweg-de Vries equation

We study the extended Korteweg-de Vries equation, that is, the usual Korteweg-de Vries equation but with the inclusion of an extra cubic nonlinear term, for the case when the coefficient of the cubic nonlinear term has an opposite polarity to that of the coefficient of the linear dispersive term. As this equation is integrable, the number and type of solitons formed can be determined from an appropriate spectral problem. For initial disturbances of small amplitude, the number and type of solitons generated is similar to the well-known situation for the Korteweg-de Vries equation. However, our interest here is in initial disturbances of larger amplitude, for which there is the possibility of the generation of large-amplitude "table-top" solitons as well as small-amplitude solitons similar to the solitons of the Korteweg-de Vries equation. For this case, and in contrast to some earlier results which assumed that an initial disturbance in the shape of a rectangular box would be typical, we show that the number and type of solitons formed depend crucially on the disturbance shape, and change drastically when the initial disturbance is changed from a rectangular box to a "sech"-profile. (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.     

Anisotropic diffraction and elliptic discrete solitons in two-dimensional waveguide arrays

We demonstrate that both the linear (diffraction) and the nonlinear dynamics of two-dimensional waveguide arrays are considerably more complex and versatile than their one-dimensional counterparts. The discrete diffraction properties of these arrays can be effectively altered, depending on the propagation Bloch k-vector within the first Brillouin zone of the lattice. In general, this diffraction behavior is anisotropic and therefore permits the existence of a new class of discrete elliptic solitons in the nonlinear regime.     

Novel loop-like solitons for generalized Vakhnenko equation

A nontraveling wave solution of a generalized Vakhnenko equation arising from the high-frequent wave motion in a relaxing medium is derived via the extended Riccati mapping method. The solution includes an arbitrary function of an independent variable. Based on the solution, two hyperbolic functions are chosen to construct new solitons. Novel single-loop-like and double-loop-like solitons are found for the equation.     

Optimum amplifier location for wavelength division multiplexed dispersion managed solitons

Using a variational method, we analyze the residual frequency shifts due to cross-channel interactions in wavelength division multiplexed dispersion managed soliton transmission systems. We put forward a simple criterion for the optimal location of the amplifier based on the results of this analysis. This conclusion is explained in terms of the dependence of the propagation properties of a single pulse on the position of the amplifier and the optimality of the criterion is assessed, for some specific parameter values, using a commercial simulation software.