Breathers and rogue waves for an eighth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation in an optical fiber

Abstract

In this paper, an eighth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation is investigated in an optical fiber, which can be used to describe the propagation of ultrashort nonlinear pulses. Lax pair and infinitely-many conservation laws are derived to verify the integrability of this equation. Via the Darboux transformation and generalized Darboux transformation, the analytic breather and rogue wave solutions are obtained. Influence of the coefficients of operators in this equation, which represent different order nonlinearity, and the spectral parameter on the propagation and interaction of the breathers and rogue waves is also discussed. We find that (i) the periodic of the breathers decreases as the augment of the spectral parameter; (ii) the coefficients of operators change the compressibility and periodic of the breathers, and can affect the interaction range and temporal–spatial distribution of the rogue waves.