Collision Dynamics Of Solitons Research Articles

On the proximity between the wave dynamics of the integrable focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation and its non-integrable generalizations

The question of whether features and behaviors that are characteristic to completely integrable systems persist in the transition to non-integrable settings is a central one in the field of nonlinear dispersive equations. In this work, we investigate this topic in the context of focusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations. In particular, we consider non-integrable counterparts of the (integrable) focusing cubic NLS equation, which are distinct generalizations of cubic NLS and involve a broad class of nonlinearities, with the cases of power and saturable nonlinearities serving as illustrative examples. This is a notably different direction from the one explored in other works, where the non-integrable models considered are only small perturbations of the integrable one. We study the Cauchy problem on the real line for both vanishing and non-vanishing boundary conditions at infinity and quantify the proximity of solutions between the integrable and non-integrable models via estimates in appropriate metrics as well as pointwise. These results establish that the distance of solutions grows at most linearly with respect to time, while the growth rate of each solution is chiefly controlled by the size of the initial data and the nonlinearity parameters. A major implication of these closeness estimates is that integrable dynamics emerging from small initial conditions may persist in the non-integrable setting for significantly long times. In the case of zero boundary conditions at infinity, this persistence includes soliton and soliton collision dynamics, while in the case of nonzero boundary conditions at infinity, it establishes the nonlinear behavior of the non-integrable models at the early stages of the ubiquitous phenomenon of modulational instability. For this latter and more challenging type of boundary conditions, the closeness estimates are proved with the aid of new results concerning the local existence of solutions to the non-integrable models. In addition to the infinite line, we also consider the cubic NLS equation and its non-integrable generalizations in the context of initial-boundary value problems on a finite interval. Apart from their own independent interest and features such as global existence of solutions (which does not occur in the infinite domain setting), such problems are naturally used to numerically simulate the Cauchy problem on the real line, thereby justifying the excellent agreement between the numerical findings and the theoretical results of this work.

Modulation instability and collision dynamics of solitons in birefringence optical fibers

In this paper, we investigate soliton modulation instability and collision dynamics in the birefringence optical fibers. Soliton transmission in the picosecond or femtosecond range in optical fibers is described by the coupled hybrid nonlinear Schrödinger equations. We focus on the modulation instability of the plane wave solutions and the gain spectrum under different parameters. The three-soliton solutions are used to analyze soliton collisions, and the asymptotic analysis is provided to reveal the properties of soliton collisions. The elastic and inelastic collisions of three-soliton are presented, and there exists the possibility of shape restoration of one or two solitons during the three-soliton inelastic collisions. The relevant results provide not only a new perspective for the realization of optical logic gates, but also theoretical value for the experimental observation of soliton collisions.

Bright solitons in coherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with alternate signs of nonlinearities

The exact bright one- and two-soliton solutions of a particular type of coherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations, with alternate signs of nonlinearities among the two components, are obtained using the non-standard Hirota's bilinearization method. We find that in contrary to the coherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with same signs of nonlinearities the present system supports only coherently coupled solitons arising due to an interplay between dispersion and the nonlinear effects, namely, self-phase modulation, cross-phase modulation, and four-wave mixing process, thereby depend on the phases of the two co-propagating fields. The other type of soliton, namely, incoherently coupled solitons which are insensitive to the phases of the co-propagating fields and arise in a similar kind of coherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations but with same signs of nonlinearities are not at all possible in the present system. The present system can support regular solution for the choice of soliton parameters for which mixed coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations admit only singular solution. Our analysis on the collision dynamics of the bright solitons reveals the important fact that in contrary to the other types of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger systems the bright solitons of the present system can undergo only elastic collision in spite of their multicomponent nature. We also show that regular two-soliton bound states can exist even for the choice for which the same system admits singular one-soliton solution. Another important effect identified regarding the bound solitons is that the breathing effects of these bound solitons can be controlled by tuning the additional soliton parameters resulting due to the multicomponent nature of the system which do not have any significant effects on bright one soliton propagation and also in soliton collision dynamics.

Coherently coupled bright optical solitons and their collisions

We obtain explicit bright one- and two-soliton solutions of the integrable case of the coherently coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations by applying a non-standard form of Hirota's direct method. We find that the system admits both degenerate and non-degenerate solitons in which the latter can take single-hump, double-hump and flat-top profiles. Our study on the collision dynamics of solitons in the integrable case shows that the collision among degenerate solitons and the collision among non-degenerate solitons are always standard elastic collisions. But the collision of a degenerate soliton with a non-degenerate soliton induces switching in the latter leaving the former unaffected after collision, thereby showing a different mechanism from that of the Manakov system.

Collision dynamics of solitons in a multi-channel stabilized dispersion managed link

We investigate the collisions of dispersion managed solitons propagating in different channels in a stabilized model where the stabilization is provided by coupling a lossy core to the system's main fiber. It is found that the outcome of the collisions may be either an elastic collision, a merger or destruction of both solitons depending upon the initial pulse separation and the value of the inverse-group-velocity parameter. We identify three regions in the plane (c,ΔT) where these outcomes occur. It is shown that the outcome of the collisions depends upon the initial temporal separation between the solitons and the inverse-group-velocity parameter.