Optical solitons and stability analysis for the new (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

This paper explores the new [Formula: see text]-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation which is used to model the propagation of ultra-short optical pulses in highly-nonlinear media. This equation is newly derived based on the extended [Formula: see text]-dimensional zero curvature equation. An effective technique, namely, the extended sinh-Gordon equation expansion method is applied to find optical soliton solutions and other solutions for this model. As a result, dark, bright, combined dark–bright, singular, combined singular soliton solutions, and singular periodic wave solutions are obtained. The stability of the model is investigated by using the modulation instability analysis which guarantees that the model is stable and all solutions are stable and exact. Physical explanations of the obtained solutions are presented by using 3D and 2D plots. The reported outcomes are useful in the empirical application of fiber optics.