Effect of an external periodic potential on pairs of dissipative solitons

Wonkeun Chang*, Nail Akhmediev, Stefan Wabnitz

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    Abstract

    We study dissipative soliton pair solutions of the complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation with periodic phase modulation term. The external modulation changes the soliton-pair time separation as well as their phase difference, without destroying the existing two-soliton bound state. Transitions between different stable forms of the pair occur in the form of bifurcations. Quite remarkably, two types of bound states may coexist, which leads to hysteresis loops when the modulation depth is varied.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number013815
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume80
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2009

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