Soliton solutions and Bäcklund transformation for the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

Symbolically investigated in this paper is the complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation. With the Hirota method, both bright and dark soliton solutions for the CGL equation are obtained simultaneously. New Bäcklund transformation in the bilinear form is derived. Relevant properties and features are discussed. Solitons can be compressed (amplified) when the nonlinear (linear) dispersion effect is enhanced. Meanwhile, central frequency of the soliton can be affected by the nonlinear and linear dispersion effects. Besides, directions of the movement for the soliton central frequency can be adjusted. Results of this paper would be of certain value to the studies on the soliton compression and amplification.