We show theoretically that stable dark solitons can exist in the presence of pure quartic dispersion, and also in the presence of both quadratic and quartic dispersive effects, displaying a… Click to show full abstract
We show theoretically that stable dark solitons can exist in the presence of pure quartic dispersion, and also in the presence of both quadratic and quartic dispersive effects, displaying a much greater variety of possible solutions and dynamics than for pure quadratic dispersion. The interplay of the two dispersion orders may lead to oscillatory non-vanishing tails, which enables the possibility of bound, potentially stable, multi-soliton states. Dark soliton-like states that connect to low-amplitude oscillations are also shown to be possible. Dynamical evolution results corroborate the stability picture obtained, and possible avenues for dark soliton generation are explored.
               
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