Quasi-soliton and other behaviour of the nonlinear cubic-quintic Schrödinger equation

Abstract

The stability of the solitary-wave solutions of the nonlinear cubic–quintic Schrödinger equation (NLCQSE) is examined numerically. The solutions are found not to be solitons, but quasi-soliton behaviour is found to persist over wide regions of parameter space. Outside these regions dispersive and explosive behaviour is observed in solitary-wave interactions.