Coherent Structures in Weakly Birefringent Nonlinear Optical Fibers

This article studies two coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations that govern the pulse propagation in weakly birefringent nonlinear optical fibers. The coherent structures for these equations, such as vector solitons and localized oscillating solutions, are studied analytically and numerically. Three types of localized oscillating structures are identified and their functional forms determined by perturbation methods. In some of these structures, infinite oscillating tails are present. The implications of these tails are also discussed.     

Propagation properties of soliton solutions under the influence of higher order effects in erbium doped fibers

Under investigation in this paper is the Hirota–Maxwell–Bloch system which governs the propagation of optical solitons in nonlinear erbium doped fibers with higher order effects. By virtue of the Darboux transformation, the Akhmediev breathers, Ma-breathers, localized solitons, bound solitons, two-breathers and localized solutions are generated for the Hirota–Maxwell–Bloch system. Considering the influences of higher order effects, propagation properties of the breathers, modulation instability conditions for the Akhmediev breathers and interaction scenarios between bound solitons and two-breather solutions are discussed.     

Breathers and multi-soliton solutions for the higher-order generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this paper, the higher-order generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which describes the propagation of ultrashort optical pulse in optical fibers, is analytically investigated. By virtue of the Darboux transformation constructed in this paper, some exact soliton solutions on the continuous wave (cw) background are generated. The following propagation characteristics of those solitons are mainly discussed: (1) Propagation of two types of breathers which delineate modulation instability and bright pulse propagation on a cw background respectively; (2) Two types propagation characteristics of two-solitons: elastic interactions and mutual attractions and repulsions bound solitons. Those results might be useful in the study of ultrashort optical solitons in optical fibers.     

Justification of the coupled-mode approximation for a nonlinear elliptic problem with a periodic potential

Coupled-mode systems are used in physical literature to simplify the nonlinear Maxwell and Gross–Pitaevskii equations with a small periodic potential and to approximate localized solutions called gap solitons by analytical expressions involving hyperbolic functions. We justify the use of the 1D stationary coupled-mode system for a relevant elliptic problem by employing the method of Lyapunov–Schmidt reductions in Fourier space. In particular, existence of periodic/anti-periodic and decaying solutions is proved and the error terms are controlled in suitable norms. The use of multi-dimensional stationary coupled-mode systems is justified for analysis of bifurcations of periodic/anti-periodic solutions in a small multi-dimensional periodic potential.     

Internal Oscillations and Radiation Damping of Vector Solitons

Internal modes of vector solitons and their radiation-induced damping are studied analytically and numerically in the framework of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Bifurcations of internal modes from the integrable systems are analyzed, and the region of their existence in the parameter space of vector solitons is determined. In addition, radiation-induced decay of internal oscillations is investigated. Both exponential and algebraic decay rates are identified.     

Rogue-wave interaction of the generalized variable-coefficient Hirota–Maxwell–Bloch system in fiber optics

In this paper, a generalized variable-coefficient Hirota–Maxwell–Bloch system is investigated, which can describe the propagation of optical solitons in an erbium-doped optical fiber. Higher-step generalized Darboux transformation and rogue-wave solutions are obtained. Rogue-wave interaction is analyzed as follows: (1) Variable coefficients in the system affect the shape, background and number of the wave crests and troughs of the first-step rogue waves for the modulus of the normalized slowly varying amplitude of the complex pulse envelope, modulus of the measure of the polarization of the resonant medium and extant population inversion; (2) Variable coefficients in the system affect the shape, background and number of the wave crests and troughs of the second-step rogue-wave interaction. Those phenomena can not be attained through the existing Hirota–Maxwell–Bloch system.     

Optical Soliton Bullets in (2+1)D Nonlinear Bragg Resonant Periodic Geometries

We consider light propagation in a Kerr-nonlinear 2D waveguide with a Bragg grating in the propagation direction and homogeneous in the transverse direction. Using Newton's iteration method we construct both stationary and travelling solitary wave solutions of the corresponding mathematical model, the 2D nonlinear coupled mode equations (2D CME). We call these solutions 2D gap solitons due to their similarity with the gap solitons of 1D CME (fiber grating). Long-time stable evolution preserving the solitary fashion is demonstrated numerically despite the fact that, as we show, for the 2D CME no local constrained minima of the Hamiltonian functional exist. Building on the 1D study of [ 1 ], we demonstrate trapping of slow enough 2D gap solitons at localized defects. We explain the mechanism of trapping as resonant transfer of energy from the soliton to one or more nonlinear defect modes. For a special class of defects, we construct a family of nonlinear defect modes by numerically following a bifurcation curve starting at analytically or numerically known linear defect modes. Compared to 1D the dynamics of trapping are harder to fully analyze and the existence of many defect modes for a given defect potential causes that slow solitons store a part of their energy for virtually all of the studied attractive defects.     

Steady bifurcation and solitons in relativistic laser plasmas interaction

In this paper, steady bifurcation and solitons in relativistic laser plasmas interaction are investigated. At first, a new coupled equation for wake wave and the circularly polarized transversal electromagnetic wave is derived. It is a Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom. Then, a steady bifurcation analysis based on the coexistence of three different equilibrium states is given. Finally, a condition for predicting the existence of solitons is obtained in terms of the bifurcation control parameter and Hamiltonian function value. The soliton solutions are found numerically. It is shown that the solitons can exist in appropriate regime of vector potential frequency.     

Solitary-wave families of the Ostrovsky equation: An approach via reversible systems theory and normal forms

The Ostrovsky equation is an important canonical model for the unidirectional propagation of weakly nonlinear long surface and internal waves in a rotating, inviscid and incompressible fluid. Limited functional analytic results exist for the occurrence of one family of solitary-wave solutions of this equation, as well as their approach to the well-known solitons of the famous Korteweg–de Vries equation in the limit as the rotation becomes vanishingly small. Since solitary-wave solutions often play a central role in the long-time evolution of an initial disturbance, we consider such solutions here (via the normal form approach) within the framework of reversible systems theory. Besides confirming the existence of the known family of solitary waves and its reduction to the KdV limit, we find a second family of multihumped (or N-pulse) solutions, as well as a continuum of delocalized solitary waves (or homoclinics to small-amplitude periodic orbits). On isolated curves in the relevant parameter region, the delocalized waves reduce to genuine embedded solitons. The second and third families of solutions occur in regions of parameter space distinct from the known solitary-wave solutions and are thus entirely new. Directions for future work are also mentioned.     

Darboux transformation and soliton solutions for the coupled cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equations in nonlinear optics

In this paper, by virtue of the Darboux transformation (DT) and symbolic computation, the quintic generalization of the coupled cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equations from twin-core nonlinear optical fibers and waveguides are studied, which describe the effects of quintic nonlinearity on the ultrashort optical pulse propagation in non-Kerr media. Lax pair of the equations is obtained and the corresponding DT is constructed. Moreover, one-, two- and three-soliton solutions are presented in the forms of modulus. Features of solitons are graphically discussed: (1) head-on and overtaking elastic collisions of the two solitons; (2) periodic attraction and repulsion of the bounded states of two solitons; (3) energy-exchanging collisions of the three solitons.     

Instabilities of Multihump Vector Solitons in Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations

Spectral stability of multihump vector solitons in the Hamiltonian system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations is investigated both analytically and numerically. Using the closure theorem for the negative index of the linearized Hamiltonian, we classify all possible bifurcations of unstable eigenvalues in the systems of coupled NLS equations with cubic and saturable nonlinearities. We also determine the eigenvalue spectrum numerically by the shooting method. In case of cubic nonlinearities, all multihump vector solitons in the nonintegrable model are found to be linearly unstable. In case of saturable nonlinearities, stable multihump vector solitons are found in certain parameter regions, and some errors in the literature are corrected.     

Soliton interactions and Yang–Baxter maps for the complex coupled short-pulse equation

The complex coupled short-pulse equation (ccSPE) describes the propagation of ultrashort optical pulses in nonlinear birefringent fibers. The system admits a variety of vector soliton solutions: fundamental solitons, fundamental breathers, composite breathers (generic or nongeneric), as well as so-called self-symmetric composite solitons. In this work, we use the dressing method and the Darboux matrices corresponding to the various types of solitons to investigate soliton interactions in the focusing ccSPE. The study combines refactorization problems on generators of certain rational loop groups, and long-time asymptotics of these generators, as well as the main refactorization theorem for the dressing factors that leads to the Yang–Baxter property for the refactorization map and the vector soliton interactions. Among the results obtained in this paper, we derive explicit formulas for the polarization shift of fundamental solitons that are the analog of the well-known formulas for the interaction of vector solitons in the Manakov system. Our study also reveals that upon interacting with a fundamental breather, a fundamental soliton becomes a fundamental breather and, conversely, that the interaction of two fundamental breathers generically yields two fundamental breathers with a polarization shifts, but may also result into a fundamental soliton and a fundamental breather. Explicit formulas for the coefficients that characterize the fundamental breathers, as well as for their polarization vectors are obtained. The interactions of other types of solitons are also derived and discussed in detail and illustrated with plots. New Yang–Baxter maps are obtained in the process.     

Dark and antidark solitons for the defocusing coupled Sasa–Satsuma system by the Darboux transformation

In this article, we construct the $N$-fold Darboux transformation for the defocusing coupled Sasa–Satsuma system which describes the simultaneous propagation of two nonlinear waves in optical fibers with higher order effects. With the non-zero constant background as a seed, we derive the dark and antidark soliton solutions from the once-iterated formula. We find that this coupled system can exhibit the dark–dark, dark–antidark and antidark–dark vector solitons.     

Exact solutions of one-dimensional nonlinear shallow water equations over even and sloping bottoms

We establish an equivalence of two systems of equations of one-dimensional shallow water models describing the propagation of surface waves over even and sloping bottoms. For each of these systems, we obtain formulas for the general form of their nondegenerate solutions, which are expressible in terms of solutions of the Darboux equation. The invariant solutions of the Darboux equation that we find are simplest representatives of its essentially different exact solutions (those not related by invertible point transformations). They depend on 21 arbitrary real constants; after “proliferation” formulas derived by methods of group theory analysis are applied, they generate a 27-parameter family of essentially different exact solutions. Subsequently using the derived infinitesimal “proliferation” formulas for the solutions in this family generates a denumerable set of exact solutions, whose linear span constitutes an infinite-dimensional vector space of solutions of the Darboux equation. This vector space of solutions of the Darboux equation and the general formulas for nondegenerate solutions of systems of shallow water equations with even and sloping bottoms give an infinite set of their solutions. The “proliferation” formulas for these systems determine their additional nondegenerate solutions. We also find all degenerate solutions of these systems and thus construct a database of an infinite set of exact solutions of systems of equations of the one-dimensional nonlinear shallow water model with even and sloping bottoms.     

Eulerian codes for the numerical solution of the Vlasov equation

A historical overview of Eulerian codes for the numerical solution of the Vlasov equation is presented, with special attention to characteristic methods. An evaluation of the performance of the cubic spline used for interpolation in the characteristic methods, with respect to other methods of interpolation, will be presented by comparing the solutions obtained by solving numerically different Vlasov–Poisson and Vlasov–Maxwell systems on a fixed Eulerian grid. Some recent developments of characteristic methods in two dimensions will be presented.     

Dressing the boundary: On soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the half‐line

Based on the theory of integrable boundary conditions (BCs) developed by Sklyanin, we provide a direct method for computing soliton solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the half‐line. The integrable BCs at the origin are represented by constraints of the Lax pair, and our method lies on dressing the Lax pair by preserving those constraints in the Darboux‐dressing process. The method is applied to two classes of solutions: solitons vanishing at infinity and self‐modulated solitons on a constant background. Half‐line solitons in both cases are explicitly computed. In particular, the boundary‐bound solitons, which are static solitons bounded at the origin, are also constructed. We give a natural inverse scattering transform interpretation of the method as evolution of the scattering data determined by the integrable BCs in space.     

APPLICATIONS OF THE P-R SCHEME FOR GENERALIZED NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS IN SOLVING SOLITON SOLUTIONS

Spatial soliton solutions of a class of generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equations in N-space are discussed analytically and numerically. This achieved using a traveling wavemethod to formulate one-soliton solution and the P-R method is employed to the numerlcal solutions and the interactions between the solirons for the generalized nonlinear systems in Z-pace.The results presented show that the soliton phenomena are characteristics associated with the nonlinearhies of the dynamical systems.     

Observation of two soliton propagation in an erbium doped inhomogeneous lossy fiber with phase modulation

We consider optical pulse propagation in an Erbium doped inhomogeneous lossy optical fiber with time dependent phase modulation, which is governed by a system of Generalized Inhomogeneous Nonlinear Schrödinger Maxwell–Bloch (GINLS–MB) equation. Multi-soliton propagation is studied analytically by means of deriving associated Lax pair and the soliton solutions are obtained using Darboux transformation. By suitably adjusting the group velocity dispersion and nonlinearity parameter, we discuss various soliton dynamics such as periodic distributed amplification, pulse compression etc. In each case, we demonstrate the influence of inhomogeneous parameter. Finally we investigate the pulse compression through nonlinear tunneling.     

Exact solutions and dynamics of the Raman soliton model in nanoscale optical waveguides, with metamaterials, having parabolic law non-linearity

This paper investigate the Raman soliton model in nanoscale optical waveguides, with metamaterials, having parabolic law non-linearity by using the method of dynamical systems. The functions $q(x,t)=\phi(\xi)\exp(i(-kx+\omega t))$ are solutions of the equation (1.1) that governs the propagation of Raman solitons through optical metamaterials, where $\xi=x-vt$ and $\phi(\xi)$ in the solutions satisfy a singular planar dynamical system (1.5) which has two singular straight lines. By using the bifurcation theory method of dynamical systems to the equation of $\phi(\xi)$, bifurcations of phase portraits for this dynamical system are obtained under 28 different parameter conditions. Based on those phase portraits, 62 exact solutions of system (1.5) including periodic solutions, heteroclinic and homoclinic solutions, periodic peakons and peakons as well as compacton solutions are derived.     

On the shapes of two-dimensional soliton perturbations in simple lattices

The Toda lattice and the discrete Korteweg-de Vries equation generalized to two dimensions are studied numerically. The interactions are assumed to be identical in both directions. It is shown that the equations have solutions in the form of plane linear and localized solitons. In contrast to equations integrable by the inverse scattering method, the parameters of solitons change in the course of their interaction and additional wave structures are formed. The basic types of solutions characterizing these processes are presented.