The cubic–quintic–septic complex Ginzburg–Landau equation formulation of optical pulse propagation in 3D doped Kerr media with higher-order dispersions

• Published in: Optics communications 2018-06, Vol.416, p.190-201
• Main Authors: Djoko, Martin, Kofane, T.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bell-shaped; Complex Ginzburg–Landau equation; Diffraction; Generalized-Gaussian beam; Nonlinearities; Raman effect; RK4; Self-steepening; Sith-order dispersion term; Solitons; SSFM; Stationary and pulsating optical bullets; Vortex dissipative light bullets
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2018.02.027

We investigate the propagation characteristics and stabilization of generalized-Gaussian pulse in highly nonlinear homogeneous media with higher-order dispersion terms. The optical pulse propagation has been modeled by the higher-order (3+1)-dimensional cubic–quintic–septic complex Ginzburg–Landau [(3+1)D CQS-CGL] equation. We have used the variational method to find a set of differential equations characterizing the variation of the pulse parameters in fiber optic-links. The variational equations we obtained have been integrated numerically by the means of the fourth-order Runge–Kutta (RK4) method, which also allows us to investigate the evolution of the generalized-Gaussian beam and the pulse evolution along an optical doped fiber. Then, we have solved the original nonlinear (3+1)D CQS-CGL equation with the split-step Fourier method (SSFM), and compare the results with those obtained, using the variational approach. A good agreement between analytical and numerical methods is observed. The evolution of the generalized-Gaussian beam has shown oscillatory propagation, and bell-shaped dissipative optical bullets have been obtained under certain parameter values in both anomalous and normal chromatic dispersion regimes. Using the natural control parameter of the solution as it evolves, named the total energy Q, our numerical simulations reveal the existence of 3D stable vortex dissipative light bullets, 3D stable spatiotemporal optical soliton, stationary and pulsating optical bullets, depending on the used initial input condition (symmetric or elliptic).