Simultaneous existence of a multiplicity of stable and unstable solitons in dissipative systems

Soto-Crespo, Jose M; Akhmediev, Nail; Chiang, Kin Seng

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Simultaneous existence of a multiplicity of stable and unstable solitons in dissipative systems

Date

2001

Authors

Soto-Crespo, Jose M

Akhmediev, Nail

Chiang, Kin Seng

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We show that dissipative systems can have a multiplicity of stationary solutions in the form of both stable and unstable solitons. As a model equation, we use the complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation. For a given set of the equation parameters,