Collisions and fusion of one- and two-dimensional solitons driven by potential troughs in the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equations

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Main Authors: Zeng, Liangwei, Malomed, Boris A., Mihalache, Dumitru, Li, Jingzhen, Zhu, Xing
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author Zeng, Liangwei
Malomed, Boris A.
Mihalache, Dumitru
Li, Jingzhen
Zhu, Xing
author_facet Zeng, Liangwei
Malomed, Boris A.
Mihalache, Dumitru
Li, Jingzhen
Zhu, Xing
contents We study the formation and collision of one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) Gaussian-shaped and flat-top (FT) solitons in the framework of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity and two intersecting potential troughs. We find that Gaussian-Gaussian and Gaussian-FT collisions between the solitons, steered by the troughs, are quasi-elastic, while the collisions between FT solitons may be either quasi-elastic or inelastic, in the form of merger into a single FT soliton, thus spontaneously breaking the symmetry between the steering troughs. The Gaussian-FT collisions, being overall quasi-elastic, generate weak radiation fields.
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spellingShingle Collisions and fusion of one- and two-dimensional solitons driven by potential troughs in the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equations
Zeng, Liangwei
Malomed, Boris A.
Mihalache, Dumitru
Li, Jingzhen
Zhu, Xing
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Optics
We study the formation and collision of one- and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) Gaussian-shaped and flat-top (FT) solitons in the framework of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the cubic-quintic nonlinearity and two intersecting potential troughs. We find that Gaussian-Gaussian and Gaussian-FT collisions between the solitons, steered by the troughs, are quasi-elastic, while the collisions between FT solitons may be either quasi-elastic or inelastic, in the form of merger into a single FT soliton, thus spontaneously breaking the symmetry between the steering troughs. The Gaussian-FT collisions, being overall quasi-elastic, generate weak radiation fields.
title Collisions and fusion of one- and two-dimensional solitons driven by potential troughs in the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equations
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00187