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Front. Phys., 07 February 2023

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Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2023.1091526

Rational solitons for non-local Hirota equations: Robustness and cascading instability

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

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Abstract

The Hirota equation is a higher-order non-linear Schrödinger equation by incorporating third-order dispersion. Two pairs of non-local Hirota equations are studied. One is a parity transformed conjugate pair, and the other is a conjugate PT-symmetric pair. For the first pair, rational solitons are derived by the Darboux transformation, and are shown computationally to exhibit robust propagation properties. These rational solitons can exhibit both elastic and inelastic interactions. One particular case of an elastic collision between dark and “anti-dark” solitons is demonstrated. For the second pair, a “cascading mechanism” illustrating the growth of higher-order sidebands is elucidated explicitly for these non-local, conjugate PT-symmetric equations. These mechanisms provide a theoretical confirmation of the initial amplification phase of the growth-and-decay cycles of breathers. Such repeated patterns will serve as a manifestation of the classical Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou recurrence.

1 Introduction

The non-linear Schrödinger (NLS) equation is an intensively studied, completely “integrable” equation. Physically, it describes various non-linear propagation phenomena in hydrodynamics (oceanic waves), Kerr media, optical pulses and plasma physics [17]. Solitons, breathers and rogue waves have been established theoretically as exact solutions, and also observed experimentally in water channels and optical fibers [3, 720]. From the perspective of mathematical physics, these three kinds of non-linear wave modes can be derived by elegant techniques like Darboux and Hirota transformations applied to NLS-type equations [2028]. Existence of solitons is usually attributed to a balance between non-linearity and dispersion [2125]. Rogue waves are unexpectedly large displacements from an otherwise tranquil background, and usually have peak amplitudes more than twice the significant wave height [26]. While the generation mechanism and growth process of rogue waves are still under intense debates, one school of thought has associated these rogue modes with the amplification and decay of breathers of the underlying evolution equations under periodic boundary conditions [5, 9, 13, 29]. Breathers generally initiate from the growth phase of small perturbation due to modulation instability. Subsequent amplification demands the restoration of non-linear effects and saturation of the growth phase. Typically higher harmonics attain the same order of magnitude as the fundamental frequency at the maximum displacement of the breather [20].

An immediate and widely studied extension of NLS is the Hirota equation, which incorporates third order dispersion [30, 31].

This equation was first introduced in the 1970s, and has been shown to possess multi-solitons, doubly periodic patterns and rogue wave modes [3235].

Recently there have been tremendous interest in non-local evolution equations, especially those from the NLS family [3638]. For example, rational soliton solutions for focusing and defocusing NLS equations have been studied [37, 38]. One motivation is the existence of purely real spectra for parity-time-symmetric (PT-symmetric), non-Hermitian systems [3942]. As optics is widely believed to be a plausible testing ground for such PT-symmetric systems, it is natural to consider extensions relevant to this branch of physics. One physical interpretation of a complex potential is that the real and imaginary parts may correspond to the self-phase modulation and gain/loss respectively [43].

The counterpart of a parity symmetry principle in optics is the condition n(–r) = n*r), where n and r are the refractive index profile and the position vector respectively. Such condition cannot hold for naturally occurring materials, but can be fabricated for metamaterials with modern technology [44]. Indeed these special modulations of gain and loss mechanisms permit novel phenomena like switching and symmetry breaking. Transformation optics can be further advanced. Another exciting development arises from electronic circuits. A dynamical model is a sequence of dimers, consisting of a pair of split-ring resonantors, one with gain and the other with the identical amount of loss [45]. The absence or presence of non-linearity then generates intriguing properties of the spectrum and oscillating modes known as breathers.

Third order dispersion will be needed for short (femtosecond) pulses. Hence we shall consider models of non-local Hirota equations in this work. Indeed integrable non-local Hirota equations have been demonstrated [46]. In this paper, we will focus on two cases of non-local Hirota equations including a parity transformed conjugate pair and a conjugate PT-symmetric pair [46]. For the case of a parity transformed conjugate pair, the first- and second-order rational solutions will be studied. While for a conjugate PT-symmetric pair, the cascading mechanism will be investigated. In terms of analytical progress, symmetry broken and preserving soliton solutions, breather and rogue wave solutions have been obtained [47, 48].

The sequence of presentation in this paper can now be explained. The first- and second-order rational soliton solutions are derived (Section 2). The robustness of the rational solution also is studied. The cascading mechanism of a conjugate PT-symmetric pair non-local Hirota equation is elucidated (Section 3). Finally, conclusions are drawn (Section 4).

2 A parity transformed conjugate pair non-local Hirota equation

A parity transformed, conjugate pair of non-local Hirota equation [46] is given aswhere , and α, β are real numbers. In contrast with works in the literature on non-local, non-linear Schrödinger equation [37, 38], Eq. 2 incorporates third order dispersion and a special form of “self-steepening” cubic non-linearity which maintains the appropriate parity and symmetry. Furthermore, we shall demonstrate that exact, rational solutions with displacements both below and above a mean level will exist for Eq. 2. These entities will bear resemblance to similar units for the non-linear Schrödinger case, and can be termed “dark” and “anti-dark” solitons (for below and above mean level respectively). The parity transformed conjugate pair non-local Hirota equation admits the Lax pairwhere is a column vector function,

The compatibility condition of Eq. 3, namely, , gives rise to Eq. 2. Through the loop group method, the Darboux matrix for Eq. 3 can be represented aswhere is a solution of Eq. 3 with , and is a non-zero function, denotes the Hermite conjugation.

We can use Eq. 5 to get a new solution of Eq. 3, i.e.,where . The entities denote N different solutions of Eq. 3 with the initial solution q(x, t) and . The N-fold Darboux matrix can be expressed asand the N-fold Darboux transformation between old and new potential functions iswherewhere denotes a non-zero function, and is the jth row of Z(x, t).

We now start from the plane wave solution of Eq. 2 for the iteration process of the Darboux transformation (Eq. 8), where ρ denotes the amplitude of the plane wave. We can postulate withand hence Ψ satisfies the equation as follows:whereThus, we can construct the solution of Eq. 3 as

Setting

and we can establishwhere , and F is an arbitrary complex number.

To derive the higher-order rational solutions of Eq. 2, we setwhere sk is arbitrary complex constant. Consequently, the general rational solutions of Eq. 1 can be obtained bywhere

is the jth row of .

2.1 First-order rational soliton solution

The first-order rational soliton solution [49, 50] with s1 = i can be obtained aswhere . On computing the modulus of the complex valued envelope q of Eq. 19a, both dark solitons (with maximum displacements below the mean position) and “anti-dark” solitons (those with displacements above the mean) are possible. A rational dark soliton and a rational anti-dark soliton can collide elastically (Figure 1A).

FIGURE 1

In particular,

qI

being a dark soliton maintains its shape after the collision at

t

= 0. Furthermore,

qII

being an anti-dark soliton also remains unchanged after the collision. To substantiate this dynamical property, we use the asymptotic analysis to investigate the rational soliton solutions.

  • (1) Along the line

  • (2) Along the line as

To study the computational robustness of the rational soliton, we employ the split-step Fourier method for the simulations of Eq. 2. The linear part is solved in Fourier space while the non-linear part is handled by the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. The mesh size in x direction is 0.0614, and the step size in t axis is equal to 5 × 10−4. The initial condition is selected as the rational soliton solution at t = −3 plus a small perturbation. The analytical prediction agrees well with the numerical results (Figure 1B). The significant interactions between the two localized modes (dark and anti-dark solitons) occur at t = 0. After this elastic collision, the two solitons then propagate with their original shapes and velocities.

2.2 Second-order rational soliton solution

For N = 2 in Eq. 17, we can get the second-order rational soliton solution for Eq. 2. The expressions for the second-order rational soliton solution are given by

Both propagating and transient pulses are possible for these second-order solutions (Figure 2). By varying the parameters s1 and s2, these rational solutions may exhibit novel dynamical properties, e.g., collision between two solitons as an example of “propagating” modes (Figure 2A).

FIGURE 2

By choosing different values of the parameters, we obtain rational solutions with combined-peak-valley profiles (Figure 2B). Indeed as many as four transient pulses can appear. These pulses will be loosely termed “rogue waves” in the present context. This whole sequence of mode interactions can be interpreted as rogue modes on a two-soliton background.

To gain further insight, we shall use pole analysis [51] in the complex plane to study the locations of maximum displacements of these transient pulses. The underlying conjecture is that the maximum displacement of these rogue modes in the physical plane will coincide with the turning points of the trajectories in the complex plane, if the spatial variable x is allowed to be complex (while time t remains real). The poles of the exact solutions occur at the roots of the denominator. Numerical computations show excellent agreements between the physical locations of the largest amplitude of the rogue modes and the real parts of the poles in the complex plane (Table 1).

TABLE 1

Locations of the maximum (maxima) in the physical space with real xLocation of pole with complex x
x = ±6.5849, t = 3.8t = 3.8 Poles located at x = 6.5849 ± 0.0143i, or x = −6.5849 ± 0.0143i
x = ±6.5802, t = −3.8t = −3.8 Poles located at x = 6.5799 ± 0.0568i, or x = −6.5849 ± 0.0568i

Comparison of the locations of maximum displacements in Figure 2B and the locations of poles of Eq. 17 with N = 2.

3 A non-local, conjugate PT-symmetric pair of Hirota equations

We now turn the attention to a non-local, conjugate PT-symmetric pair of Hirota equations given by [46].where , κ, α, β are complex numbers. Equation 23 can reduce to Eq. 1 on setting .

3.1 Robustness of soliton solution

Soliton solution of Eq. 23 has already been given earlier in the literature [52]:

To test the robustness of these localized modes, we still employ the split-step Fourier scheme as described above. The numerical simulations confirm the existence of sturdy propagation of pulses (Figure 3).

FIGURE 3

3.2 Cascading instability

An issue of current interest in non-linear science is the instability and recurrence of localized modes. More precisely, breathers under periodic conditions can recur in the propagation variable of the NLS equation. Experimentally, this phenomenon has been observed in hydrodynamic wave channels and optical fibers. Theoretically, the initial phase of recurrence has been confirmed by the cascading mechanism. All these studies can be taken as manifestations of the classical physical problem of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou recurrence (FPUT). It will be illuminating to consider if all these principles can be applied to non-local evolution equations. We shall adopt the present non-local Hirota equation as a pilot test case.

A brief remark on the cascading mechanism is in order. Small disturbances on a continuous background will be amplified due to modulation instability. Higher-order modes exponentially small initially will grow at a faster rate. Eventually all modes attain roughly the same order of magnitude. A breather is then formed which then decays subsequently. Growth resumes at small amplitude and FPUT will arise. We shall start quantifying FPUT for non-local equations by looking at the modulation instability process, which describes the growth of the first order sideband. We begin with a continuous wave background, i.e.,where , and ρ, γ1 denote the amplitude and wave number of the continuous wave respectively. The perturbed states are expressed asHere and denote the perturbations. The Fourier modes of the perturbations have the following forms:

Modulation instability will arise when Ω has a non-zero imaginary part, i.e.,which requires κ < 0. Next, we conduct a simulation with the continuous wave perturbed by a single Fourier mode, represented as a cosine function, i.e.,where μ and η represent the amplitude and wave number of perturbation. Typical FPUT patterns are observed (Figure 4) with the perturbation wave number within the unstable regime of modulation instability, where the threshold of the wave number is 2 (Figure 5A). A breather first appears at about 3.5 time units. At 10.5 time units, the second breather occurs, which can be interpreted as a manifestation of FPUT. However, the wave profile of the second breather has a non-zero angle with respect to t axis, which is caused by the third order dispersion. This also leads to the asymmetry pattern with regard to the axis x = 0.

FIGURE 4

FIGURE 5

As a step in theoretical modelling, we shall perform the cascading mechanism analysis to predict the growth of the high-order sidebands observed in FPUT. For this purpose, the complex envelopes q (x, t) and r (x, t) in Eq. 23 are expanded as

To investigate the growth of the second-order sideband (or harmonic), we truncate Eq. 30 at the second order, i.e.,

On settingsubstituting Eq. 31 together with Eq. 32 into Eq. 23, linearization yields

Integration to Eq. 33 will lead to

Similarly, we can repeat the steps above to obtain the growth of higher-order sidebands. Proceeding by mathematical induction, the growth rate of the nth-order sideband is proportion to , i.e.,The corresponding analytical spectra of nth-order sideband are where tn is the time taken for the perturbations to grow to an amplitude of unity. The spectra of the sidebands are expressed aswhere the entities are supposed to be computed numerically but should be associated with the analytical formula (Eq. 36). The comparisons between the cascading mechanism prediction (Eq. 36, circle lines in Figure 5B) and the numerical spectral modes calculations (curves in Figure 5B) display excellent agreement. In particular, the first breather has a symmetric spectrum, while the second-order mode exhibits an asymmetry spectrum owing to the third-order dispersion effect.

4 Conclusion

Two pairs of non-local Hirota equations are studied:

  • • One as a parity transformed conjugate pair.

  • • One as a conjugate PT-symmetric pair.

Using the Darboux transformation, the first- and second-order rational soliton solutions for a parity transformed conjugate pair non-local Hirota equation have been derived. These solutions can describe both the elastic and inelastic interactions between two solitons, as well as the rogue waves arise from the interactions between two solitons. One particular case of elastic collision between dark and “anti-dark” solitons is demonstrated analytically. Furthermore, the elastic interaction between the two solitons still can appear even though the two solitons propagate with perturbations, i.e., the robustness of the elastic interaction is tested numerically. Finally, a “cascading mechanism” illustrating the growth of higher-order sidebands is elucidated explicitly for a conjugate PT-symmetric pair of non-local Hirota equations. We conjecture that similar analytical and computational properties can also be found for higher-order non-local Schrödinger equations. Further research efforts in these rich areas will definitely be worthwhile.

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Author contributions

KWC proposed to study these non-local problems. HMY conducted the calculation of the soliton solutions, while QP was responsible for the robustness test. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.

Funding

Partial financial support has been provided by the Research Grants Council General Research Fund contracts HKU17200718 and HKU17204722.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Summary

Keywords

rational solitons, elastic and inelastic interactions, non-local Hirota equations, robustness test, cascading instability

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Pan Q, Yin HM and Chow KW (2023) Rational solitons for non-local Hirota equations: Robustness and cascading instability. Front. Phys. 11:1091526. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1091526

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07 November 2022

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20 January 2023

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07 February 2023

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11 - 2023

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Bo Ren, Zhejiang University of Technology, China

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Tao Xu, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

Ping Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China

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*Correspondence: H. M. Yin,

†ORCID: Q. Pan, orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-9862; H. M. Yin, orcid.org/0000-0003-1872-5862; K. W. Chow, orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-2649

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