Analytical solutions of the generalized Kaup–Newell equation

Abstract

The generalized Kaup–Newell equation for describing the pulse propagation in a nonlinear optical medium is considered. The traveling wave reduction of this equation is taken into account. The method of direct transformations is used to construct a general solution of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Analytical solutions are found, expressed in terms of elliptic integrals in canonical form. The implicit function method is applied to find some degenerate solutions under constraints on the model parameters. Among the solutions obtained there are doubly periodic solutions on the complex plane, as well as optical solitons.