Short Vector Envelope Solitons

We find a class of short vector soliton solutions of the coupled third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation (CNSE-3) and analyze the stability of such solitons in the adiabatic approximation. The analytical results are confirmed by numerical simulations of the dynamics of perturbed short vector solitons corresponding to the CNSE-3.     

二维线性与非线性光晶格中物质波孤立子的稳定性

利用变分法和数值计算方法研究了二维线性和非线性光晶格中二维玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体系中物质波孤立子的存在及其稳定性. 利用定态变分原理及Vakhitov-Kolokolov判据总结了线性和非线性结合光晶格中几种参数组合下定态定域解的稳定性. 结果表明, 当存在二维非线性光晶格时, 在吸引和排斥相互作用的原子体系中均可以存在稳定的物质波孤立子. 另外, 利用含时变分法研究了线性和非线性光晶格中物质波孤立子随时间的传播特性, 使波包参数对时间的一阶导数等于零, 可以给出稳定状态对应的参数, 结论和定态变分法给出的结果一致. 最后用数值计算方法研究变分结果的正确性, 把变分结果作为初始条件代入Gross-Pitaevskii方程研究其随时间传播特征, 得到了稳定的传播过程, 所得到的结果和变分分析结果一致. 关键词： 线性非线性光晶格 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚 孤立子 稳定性     

Abundant exact solutions for a strong dispersion-managed system equation

The generalized nonlinear Schr?dinger equation (NLSE), which governs the dynamics of dispersion-managed (DM) solitons, is considered. A novel transformation is constructed such that the DM fibre system equation with optical loss (gain) is transformed to the standard NLSE under a restricted condition. Abundant new soliton and periodic wave solutions are obtained by using the transformation and the solutions of standard NLSE. Further, we discuss their main properties and the interaction scenario between two neighbouring solitons by using direct computer simulation.     

Collisional-inhomogeneity-induced generation of matter-wave dark solitons

We propose an experimentally relevant protocol for the controlled generation of matter-wave dark solitons in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). In particular, using direct numerical simulations, we show that by switching-on a spatially inhomogeneous (step-like) change of the s-wave scattering length, it is possible to generate a controllable number of dark solitons in a quasi-one-dimensional BEC. A similar phenomenology is also found in the two-dimensional setting of “disk-shaped” BECs but, as the solitons are subject to the snaking instability, they decay into vortex structures. A detailed investigation of how the parameters involved affect the emergence and evolution of solitons and vortices is provided.     

Effects of localized impurity of trap on characteristics of two Bose-Einstein condensates

The characteristics of solitons with a localized impurity in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are investigated with numerical simulations of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation, the effects of the impurity on BEC solitons are discussed, and the atom population transferring ratios between the two BECs as time goes on are analyzed. It is found that population transfer depends on the impurity strength and the parameters of the system of BECs.     

Vector dissipative solitons in graphene mode locked fiber lasers

Vector soliton operation of erbium-doped fiber lasers mode locked with atomic layer graphene was experimentally investigated. Either the polarization rotation or polarization locked vector dissipative solitons were experimentally obtained in a dispersion-managed cavity fiber laser with large net cavity dispersion, while in the anomalous dispersion cavity fiber laser, the phase locked nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) solitons and induced NLSE soliton were experimentally observed. The vector soliton operation of the fiber lasers unambiguously confirms the polarization insensitive saturable absorption of the atomic layer graphene when the light is incident perpendicular to its 2-dimentional (2D) atomic layer.     

Dynamics of the Manakov-typed bound vector solitons with random initial perturbations

Dynamics of the bound vector solitons with random initial perturbations is investigated for the Manakov model, which describes the propagation of the multimode soliton pulses in nonlinear fiber optics and two-component matter-wave solitons in the quasi-one-dimensional Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) without confining potential. We review the analytic two-bound-vector-soliton solutions and give the three-bound-vector-soliton solutions. Breakup of the typical bound state is presented numerically when the symmetry and asymmetry random perturbations are added to the initial conditions. Relationship between the lifetime of the bound state and amplitude of the random perturbation is discussed. Meanwhile, existence of the symmetry-recovering is illustrated for the bound vector solitons with the asymmetry random perturbations. Discussions of this paper could be expected to be helpful in interpreting the dynamics of the Manakov-typed bound vector solitons when the random initial noises in nonlinear optical fibers or stochastic quantum fluctuations in the BECs are considered.     

Solitons in a third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the pseudo-Raman scattering and spatially decreasing second-order dispersion

Evolution of solitons is addressed in the framework of a third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE), including nonlinear dispersion, third-order dispersion and a pseudo-stimulated-Raman-scattering (pseudo- SRS) term, i.e., a spatial-domain counterpart of the SRS term, which is well known as a part of the temporal-domain NLSE in optics. In this context, it is induced by the underlying interaction of the high-frequency envelope wave with a damped low-frequency wave mode. In addition, spatial inhomogeneity of the second-order dispersion (SOD) is assumed. As a result, it is shown that the wavenumber downshift of solitons, caused by the pseudo-SRS, can be compensated with the upshift provided by decreasing SOD coefficients. Analytical results and numerical results are in a good agreement.     

Helical solitons in vector modified Korteweg–de Vries equations

We study existence of helical solitons in the vector modified Korteweg–de Vries (mKdV) equations, one of which is integrable, whereas another one is non-integrable. The latter one describes nonlinear waves in various physical systems, including plasma and chains of particles connected by elastic springs. By using the dynamical system methods such as the blow-up near singular points and the construction of invariant manifolds, we construct helical solitons by the efficient shooting method. The helical solitons arise as the result of co-dimension one bifurcation and exist along a curve in the velocity-frequency parameter plane. Examples of helical solitons are constructed numerically for the non-integrable equation and compared with exact solutions in the integrable vector mKdV equation. The stability of helical solitons with respect to small perturbations is confirmed by direct numerical simulations.     

Stability of dark soliton solutions of the quintic complex Ginzburg--Landau equation inthe case of normal dispersion

Dark soliton solutions of the one-dimensional complex Ginzburg--Landau equation (CGLE) are analysed for the case of normal group-velocity dispersion. The CGLE can be transformed to the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE) with perturbation terms under some practical conditions. The main properties of dark solitons are analysed by applying the direct perturbation theory of the NLSE. The results obtained may be helpful for the research on the optical soliton transmission system.     

Vortex Spatial Solitons to a Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation with Varying Coefficients

Based on homogeneous balance method, soliton solutions to a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with varying coefficients have been gotten. Our results indicate that a new family of vortex or petal-like spatial solitons can be formed in the Kerr nonlinear media in the cylindrical symmetric geometry. It is shown by numerical simulation that these soliton profiles are stable.     

Direct perturbation method for perturbed complex Burgers equation

So far, Lou's direct perturbation method has been applied successfully to solve the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation(NLSE) hierarchy, such as the NLSE, the coupled NLSE, the critical NLSE, and the derivative NLSE. But to our knowledge, this method for other types of perturbed nonlinear evolution equations has still been lacking. In this paper, Lou's direct perturbation method is applied to the study of perturbed complex Burgers equation. By this method, we calculate not only the zero-order adiabatic solution, but also the first order modification.     

Moving Matter-Wave Solitons in Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates

We investigate the moving matter-wave solitons in spin-orbit coupled Bose-Einstein condensates(BECs) by a perturbation method.Starting with the one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equations,we derive a new KdV-like equation to which an approximate solution is obtained by assuming weak Raman coupling and strong spinorbit coupling.The derivation of the KdV-like equation may be useful to understand the properties of solitons excitation in spin-orbit coupled BECs.We find different types of moving solitons:dark-bright,bright-bright and dark-dark solitons.Interestingly,moving dark-dark soliton for attractive intra- and inter-species interactions is found,which depends on the Raman coupling.The amplitude and velocity of the moving solitons strongly depend on the Raman coupling and spin-orbit coupling.     

Optical soliton solutions of the generalized higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equations and their applications

The propagation of the optical solitons is usually governed by the higher order nonlinear Schrödinger equations (NLSE). In optics, the NLSE modelizes light-wave propagation in an optical fiber. In this article, modified extended direct algebraic method with add of symbolic computation is employed to construct bright soliton, dark soliton, periodic solitary wave and elliptic function solutions of two higher order NLSEs such as the resonant NLSE and NLSE with the dual-power law nonlinearity. Realizing the properties of static and dynamic for these kinds of solutions are very important in various many aspects and have important applications. The obtaining results confirm that the current method is powerful and effectiveness which can be employed to other complex problems that arising in mathematical physics.     

高阶孤子在光纤中传输的数值研究

通过数值求解非线性薛定谔方程,得到了二阶和三阶孤子的传输特性,并和一阶孤子做了比较.对于二阶孤子和三阶孤子间的相互作用做了分析,讨论了三阶色散对高阶孤子相互作用的影响,得出随着三阶色散的增大,会使孤子的衰变具有新的特性,将会导致光孤子通信的误码率加大.     

Bright and dark solitons in a cascaded system

This paper studies coupled nonlinear Schrödinger's equation (NLSE) that appears in a cascaded system. Both Kerr law and power law nonlinearities are considered. Bright and dark soliton solutions are retrieved for these nonlinearities. The corresponding constraint conditions naturally fall out that from the mathematical expressions that must remain valid for solitons to exist.     

Envelope self-similar solutions for the nonautonomous and inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equation

By means of the similarity transformation connecting with the solvable stationary equation, the self-similar combined Jacobian elliptic function solutions and fractional form solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) are obtained when the dispersion, nonlinearity, and gain or absorption are varied. The propagation dynamics in a periodic distributed amplification system is investigated. Self-similar cnoidal waves and corresponding localized waves including bright and dark similaritons (or solitons) for NLSE and arch and kink similaritons (or solitons) for cubic-quintic NLSE are analyzed. The results show that the intensity and the width of chirped cnoidal waves (or similaritons) change more distinctly than that of chirp-free counterparts (or solitons).     

Nonlinear evolution equations for surface plasmons for nano-focusing at a Kerr/metallic interface and tapered waveguide

Maxwell's equations for a metallic and nonlinear Kerr interface waveguide at the nanoscale can be approximated to a (1+1) D Nonlinear Schrodinger type model equation (NLSE) with appropriate assumptions and approximations. Theoretically, without losses or perturbations spatial plasmon solitons profiles are easily produced. However, with losses, the amplitude or beam profile is no longer stationary and adiabatic parameters have to be considered to understand propagation. For this model, adiabatic parameters are calculated considering losses resulting in linear differential coupled integral equations with constant definite integral coefficients not dependent on the transverse and longitudinal coordinates. Furthermore, by considering another configuration, a waveguide that is an M–NL–M (metal–nonlinear Kerr–metal) that tapers, the tapering can balance the loss experienced at a non-tapered metal/nonlinear Kerr interface causing attenuation of the beam profile, so these spatial plasmon solitons can be produced. In this paper taking into consideration the (1+1)D NLSE model for a tapered waveguide, we derive a one soliton solution based on He's Semi-Inverse Variational Principle (HPV).     

Multidimensional solitons: Well-established results and novel findings

A brief review is given of some well-known and some very recent results obtained in studies of two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) solitons. Both zero-vorticity (fundamental) solitons and ones carrying vorticity S = 1 are considered. Physical realizations of multidimensional solitons in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) and nonlinear optics are briefly discussed too. Unlike 1D solitons, which are typically stable, 2D and 3D ones are vulnerable to instabilities induced by the occurrence of the critical and supercritical collapse, respectively, in the same 2D and 3D models that give rise to the solitons. Vortex solitons are subject to a still stronger splitting instability. For this reason, a central problem is looking for physical settings in which 2D and 3D solitons may be stabilized. The review specifically addresses one well-established topic, viz., the stabilization of the 3D and 2D states, with S = 0 and 1, trapped in harmonic-oscillator (HO) potentials, and another topic which was developed very recently: the stabilization of 2D and 3D free-space solitons, which mix components with S = 0 and ± 1 (semi-vortices and mixed modes), in a binary system with the (pseudo-) spin-orbit coupling (SOC) between its components. The former model is based on the single cubic nonlinear Schrödinger/Gross-Pitaevskii equation (NLSE/GPE), while the latter one is represented by a system of two coupled GPEs. In both cases, the generic situations are drastically different in the 2D and 3D geometries. In the 2D settings, the stabilization mechanism creates a stable ground state (GS, which was absent without it), whose norm falls below the threshold value at which the critical collapse sets in. In the 3D geometry, the supercritical collapse does not allow to create a GS, but metastable solitons can be constructed.     

Dynamically compressed bright and dark solitons in highly anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensates

Bright and dark matter wave solitons are constructed analytically in a three-dimensional (3D) highly anisotropic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) with a time-dependent parabolic potential, and numerical simulations are performed to confirm the existence and dynamics of such analytical solutions. Different classes of bright and dark solitons are discovered among the solutions of the generalized anisotropic (3+1)D Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Our results demonstrate that the bright and dark solitary waves can be manipulated and controlled by changing the scattering length, which can be used to compress the second-order bright and dark solitons of BECs into desired peak density.