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Contents
Preface x
Acknowledgments xii
Author Biographies xiii
Notation xiv
1 Introduction 1-1
References 1-6
2 Fundamental Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation 2-1
2.1 NLSE with Cubic Nonlinearity 2-1
2.1.1 Real Dispersion and Nonlinearity Coefficients 2-2
2.2 Summary of Subsection 2.1.1 2-33
2.2.1 Complex Dispersion and Nonlinearity Coefficients 2-40
2.3 Summary of Subsection 2.2.1 2-43
References 2-45
3 Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with 3-1
Power Law and Dual Power Law
Nonlinearities
3.1 NLSE with Power Law Nonlinearity 3-1
3.1.1 Reduction to the Fundamental NLSE 3-2
3.2 Summary of Section 3.1 3-6
3.3 NLSE with Dual Power Law Nonlinearity 3-8
3.4 Summary of Section 3.3 3-14
References 3-17
4 Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Higher Order Terms
4-1
4.1 NLSE with Third Order Dispersion, Self- 4-3
Steepening, and Self-Frequency Shift
4.2 Summary of Section 4.1 4-9
4.3 Special Cases of Equation (4.1) 4-13
4.3.1 Case I: Hirota Equation (HE) 4-13
4.3.2 Case II: Sasa–Satsuma Equation (SSE) 4-13
4.4 NLSE with First and Third Order Dispersions, 4-13
Self-Steepening, Self-Frequency Shift, and
Potential
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4.5 Summary of Section 4.4 4-16
4.6 NLSE with Fourth Order Dispersion 4-17
4.7 Summary of Section 4.6 4-19
4.8 NLSE with Fourth Order Dispersion and Power Law
Nonlinearity 4-20
4.9 Summary of Section 4.8 4-22
4.10 NLSE with Third and Fourth Order 4-24
Dispersions and Cubic and Quintic
Nonlinearities
4.11 Summary of Section 4.10 4-29
4.12 NLSE with Third and Fourth Order Dispersions, Self- 4-32
Steepening, Self-Frequency Shift, and Cubic and
Quintic Nonlinearities
4.13 Summary of Section 4.12 4-36
4.14 NLSE with ∣ψ∣2-Dependent Dispersion 4-39
4.15 Infinite Hierarchy of Integrable NLSEs with Higher Order Terms
4-40
4.15.1 Constant Coefficients 4-40
4.15.2 Function Coefficients 4-43
4.16 Summary of Section 4.15 4-46
References 4-49
5 Scaling Transformations 5-1
5.1 Fundamental NLSE to Fundamental 5-4
NLSE with Different Constant
Coefficients
5.2 Defocusing (Focusing) NLSE to Focusing (Defocusing) NLSE5-5
5.3 Galilean Transformation (Movable Solutions) 5-6
5.4 Function Coefficients 5-10
5.4.1 Constant Dispersion and Complex Potential 5-10
5.4.2 Constant Dispersion and Real Quadratic Potential 5-11
5.4.3 Constant Dispersion and Real Linear Potential 5-18
5.4.4 Constant Nonlinearity and Complex Potential 5-24
5.4.5 Constant Nonlinearity and Real Quadratic Potential 5-25
5.4.6 Constant Nonlinearity and Real Linear Potential 5-25
5.5 Solution-Dependent Transformation 5-26
5.5.1 Special Case I: Stationary Solution, Constant 5-27
Dispersion and Nonlinearity Coefficients
5.5.2 Special Case II: PT-Symmetric Potential 5-28
5.5.3 Special Case III: Stationary Solution, Constant 5-29
Dispersion and Nonlinearity Coefficients, and
Real Potential