Analytical methods via bright–dark solitons and solitary wave solutions of the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with fourth-order dispersion

Abstract

In this research work, we investigated the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with fourth-order dispersion, self-steepening, nonlinearity, nonlinear dispersive terms and cubic-quintic terms which is described as the propagation of ultra-short pulses in fiber optics. We apply the modification form of extended auxiliary equation mapping method to find the new exact and solitary wave solutions of higher-order NLSE. As a result, new solutions are obtained in the form of solitons, kink–anti-kink type solitons, bright–dark solitons, traveling wave, trigonometric functions, elliptic functions and periodic solitary wave solutions. These new different types of solutions show the power and fruitfulness of this new method and also show two- and three-dimensional graphically with the help of computer software Mathematica. These new solutions have many applications in the field of physics and other branches of physical sciences. We can also solve other higher-order nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDEs) involved in mathematical physics and other various branches of physical sciences with this new technique.