Dynamics of fundamental and double-pole breathers and solitons for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with sextic operator under non-zero boundary conditions

Abstract

Abstract We study the dynamics of fundamental and double-pole breathers and solitons for the focusing and defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the sextic operator under non-zero boundary conditions. Our analysis mainly focuses on the dynamical properties of simple- and double-pole solutions. Firstly, through verification, we find that solutions under non-zero boundary conditions can be transformed into solutions under zero boundary conditions, whether in simple-pole or double-pole cases. For the focusing case, in the investigation of simple-pole solutions, temporal periodic breather and the spatial-temporal periodic breather are obtained by modulating parameters. Additionally, in the case of multi-pole solitons, we analyze parallel-state solitons, bound-state solitons, and intersecting solitons, providing a brief analysis of their interactions. In the double-pole case, we observe that the two solitons undergo two interactions, resulting in a distinctive “triangle” crest. Furthermore, for the defocusing case, we briefly consider two situations of simple-pole solutions, obtaining one and two dark solitons.