Nonlinear dynamics and solitons in the presence of rapidly varying periodic perturbations

Problems of nonlinear dynamics and soliton propagation in the presence of rapidly varying periodic perturbations are considered applying a rigorous analytical approach based on asymptotic expansions. The method we develop allows derivation of an effective nonlinear equation for the slowly varying field component in any order of the asymptotic procedure as expansions in the parameter ω⁻¹, ω being the frequency of the rapidly varying (direct or parametric) driving force. The general approach is demonstrated on several examples of different physical nature, including chaos suppression in the parametrically driven Duffing oscillator, dynamics of the sine-Gordon kinks in the presence of rapidly varying direct or parametric driving force, propagation of envelope (nonlinear Schrödinger) solitons in optical fibres with periodic amplification, stability of solitons on rapidly varying spatial periodic potential, and so on.