For waves in inhomogeneous media,variable-coefficient evolution equations can arise.It is known that the Manakov model can derive two models for propagation in uniform optical fibers.If the fiber is nonuniform,one wou...For waves in inhomogeneous media,variable-coefficient evolution equations can arise.It is known that the Manakov model can derive two models for propagation in uniform optical fibers.If the fiber is nonuniform,one would expect that the coefficients in the model are not constants.We present a variable-coefficient Manakov model and derive its Lax pair using the generalized dressing method.As an application of the generalized dressing method,soliton solutions of the variable-coefficient Manakov model are obtained.展开更多
基金Supported by City University of Hong Kong under Grant No 7002366the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10871182.
文摘For waves in inhomogeneous media,variable-coefficient evolution equations can arise.It is known that the Manakov model can derive two models for propagation in uniform optical fibers.If the fiber is nonuniform,one would expect that the coefficients in the model are not constants.We present a variable-coefficient Manakov model and derive its Lax pair using the generalized dressing method.As an application of the generalized dressing method,soliton solutions of the variable-coefficient Manakov model are obtained.