Dynamics of nonlinear waves in two-dimensional cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrdinger equation with spatially modulated nonlinearities and potentials. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We derive analytical solutions to the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrdinger equation with potentials and nonlinearities depending on both propagation distance and transverse space. Among other, circle solitons and multi-peaked vortex solitons are found. These solitary waves propagate self-similarly and are characterized by three parameters, the modal numbers m and n, and the modulation depth of intensity. We find that the stable fundamental solitons with m = 0 and the low-order solitons with m = 1, n2 can be supported with the energy eigenvalues E = 0 and E 0. However, higher-order solitons display unstable propagation over prolonged distances. The stability of solutions is examined by numerical simulations.

published proceedings

  • Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

  • Xu, S., Cheng, J., Beli, M. R., Hu, Z., & Zhao, Y.

citation count

  • 18

complete list of authors

  • Xu, Si-Liu||Cheng, Jia-Xi||Belić, Milivoj R||Hu, Zheng-Long||Zhao, Yuan

publication date

  • May 2016