Traveling-waves and solitons in a generalized time-variable coefficients nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms

In this work, we study exact solutions of a generalized nonautonomous cubic–quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms, and the dispersion and the nonlinear coefficients engendering temporal dependency. Similarity transformations are used to convert the nonautonomous equation into autonomous one and then we present solutions in a general way. These solutions are obtained for the first class by using the F-expansion method and for the second class constituted by most general bright, dark and front by a direct substitution. We also generalize the external potential which traps the system and the nonlinearities. Finally, the stability of the soliton solutions under slight disturbance of the constraint conditions and initial perturbation of white noise is discussed analytically and numerically. The results reveal that solitons can propagate in a stable way under slight disturbance of the constraint conditions and initial perturbation of a 10% white noise.

► We study exact solutions of a generalized time-variable coefficients cubic–quintic Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms.
► We find a similarity transformation that maps this nonautonomous equation to the autonomous one.
► For suitable dispersion and nonlinearity coefficient functions, sn-, cn-, bright-, dark-, and front- self-similar waves are found. The linear stability and numerical analyses are discussed of these solutions.