Soliton explosion control by higher-order effects.

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Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.

Published: June 2010

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study explores how self-frequency shift, self-steepening, and third-order dispersion affect soliton solutions in a specific mathematical model.
  • Properly combining these higher-order effects can prevent pulse explosions in soliton behavior.
  • Specifically, positive third-order dispersion balances self-frequency shift, while negative third-order dispersion offsets self-steepening, leading to stable pulse propagation.

Article Abstract

We numerically study the impact of self-frequency shift, self-steepening, and third-order dispersion on the erupting soliton solutions of the quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. We find that the pulse explosions can be completely eliminated if these higher-order effects are properly conjugated two by two. In particular, we observe that positive third-order dispersion can compensate the self-frequency shift effect, whereas negative third-order dispersion can compensate the self-steepening effect. A stable propagation of a fixed-shape pulse is found under the simultaneous presence of the three higher-order effects.

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