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A third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation: the exact solutions, group-invariant solutions and conservation laws

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Pages 585-597 | Received 22 Feb 2020, Accepted 17 Mar 2020, Published online: 29 Apr 2020

Abstract

In this study, we consider the third order nonlinear Schrödinger equation (TONSE) that models the wave pulse transmission in a time period less than one-trillionth of a second. With the help of the extended modified method, we obtain numerous exact travelling wave solutions containing sets of generalized hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational solutions that are more general than classical ones. Secondly, we construct the transformation groups which left the equations invariant and vector fields with the Lie symmetry groups approach. With the help of these vector fields, we obtain the symmetry reductions and exact solutions of the equation. The obtained group-invariant solutions are Jacobi elliptic function and exponential type. We discuss the dynamic behaviour and structure of the exact solutions for distinct solutions of arbitrary constants. Lastly, we obtain conservation laws of the considered equation by construing the complex equation as a system of two real partial differential equations (PDEs).

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1. Introduction

It is observed that most of the physical phenomena occurring in nature are mathematically modelled by the evolution equations. However, we know from the empirical results that many important physical processes are the type of nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs) (1) F(x,t,u,ut,ux,uxx,)=0(1) [Citation1–7]. Well-known Korteweg-de Vries equation (2) ut+6uux+uxxx=0(2) represents shallow water waves. Soliton which is a special solitary travelling wave -unchanged wave velocity and shape after interaction- is a generalized wave packet. For these reasons, a travelling wave solution is used not only in water wave theory, but also in optical communication. Solitons are derived from the sensitive interaction between nonlinear and dispersive terms.

It is desirable that travelling wave solution transmission in communication systems should be high speed [Citation8,Citation9]. For example, the (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) (3) iqt+2q2q+qxx=0(3) can be used to represent the transmission of optical pulses in optical fibres in the picosecond [Citation10]. It has been observed in both experimental and numerical simulations that higher order nonlinear terms and effects should be taken into consideration in order to make the transmission in Equation (Equation3) faster (sub-picosecond or femtosecond). In this study, we will consider the third order equations (4) iqx+α2(qtt+2qq2)iα3(qttt+6qtq2)=0(4) from the hierarchy of the higher order NLSE given in [Citation8,Citation11–13]. Our main goal is to obtain exact analytical solutions of this equation. There are many methods in the literature to obtain the solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equations (NLSEs) and NLEEs. Some of them are listed in [Citation14–27].

Recently, the modified sub-equation extended method are introduced in [Citation28]. What makes this method interesting is that, unlike other methods, solutions include the generalized type of hyperbolic and trigonometric functions. This method has a finite series expansion form based on the balancing principle. Higher order NLSEs were taken into consideration by researchers in recent years [Citation11,Citation29–32]. However, to the best of our knowledge, the exact solutions that contain generalized hyperbolic and trigonometric functions of third-order NLS equations have not been studied. The lack of studies in the literature on the exact solutions of Equation (Equation4) motivated us. In order to overcome this deficiency, this method, which is very effective and practical for solving nonlinear differential equations in mathematical physics, was used to obtain the solutions of the equation under consideration. Another approach discussed in this study is Lie technique. In this algorithmic method based on the finding of transformation groups that leave the equation invariant, reduced equations and group invariant solutions can be obtained. In this study, the wave and group invariant solutions of Equation (Equation4) will be investigated with the help of these two methods.

In the second section of the article, the reduction of Equation (Equation4) to the ordinary differential equation will be discussed. In the third section, the modified sub-equation extended method is presented and its application to Equation (Equation4) is given. In Section 4, Lie groups method is employed to study Equation (Equation4). Lie point symmetries and invariant solutions are obtained in Sections 5 and 6, respectively. In Section 7, the conservation laws are computed. The results and discussion are presented in the Section 8.

2. Mathematical model

In spite of the fact that Equation (Equation3) is successful in describing a great number of nonlinear effects, it may be necessary to modify the experimental conditions. Therefore, higher-order effects should be considered for the transmission of pulses to sub-picoseconds and femtoseconds which has a better performance on the transmitting information. The higher-order integrable NLS hierarchy can be presented as (5) iqx+α2(qtt+2qq2)iα3(qttt+6qtq2)+α4qtttt+6qqt2+4qqt2+8q2qtt+2q2qtt+6q4qiα5qttttt+10q2qttt+30q4qt+10qqtqtt+10qqtqtt+10qt2qt+20qqtqtt+=0,(5) where q(x,t) represents the normalized complex amplitude of the optical pulse envelope, asterisk represents the conjugation, αl (l=2,3,4,) are real constant parameters, x denotes the propagation variable and, t denotes the transverse variable (time in a moving frame) [Citation11–13]. In this study, we will investigate the Equation (Equation4) which we have obtained by taking αm=0, m=4,5,. In this section, we aim to simplify the Equation (Equation4). Thus, we are seeking solutions of (Equation4) with the following structure (6) q(x,t)=P(ξ)eiϕ(x,t),ϕ(x,t)=κx+ϖt+θ,(6) where ξ=xvt is the wave variable and P(ξ) is an amplitude component of the soliton solution. Here v and κ are the velocity and frequency of the soliton, respectively. ϖ is the soliton wave number and, θ is the phase constant. If we use the transformation given by (Equation6) in the Equation (Equation4) and separate the real and imaginary parts, a pair of relations emerges. The real part equation gives (7) 2α2+6α3ϖP3+κα3ϖ3α2ϖ2P+α2+3α3ϖv2P=0,(7) and imaginary part equation reads (8) α3Pv3+P+6α3P2P2α2ϖP3α3ϖ2Pv=0.(8) Integrating Equation (Equation8) once and setting the integration constant to zero, we obtain (9) 2vα3P3+1+v2α2ϖ3α3ϖ2P+α3v3P=0.(9) Equation (Equation7) and (Equation9) will be equivalent, provided that 2vα32α2+6α3ϖ=1+v2α2ϖ3α3ϖ2κα3ϖ3α2ϖ2=α3v3α2+3α3ϖv2. Hence, one can find the following parametric constraints, (10) α3=α23ϖ+v,κ=4vα2ϖ2+2v2α2ϖ+2α2ϖ3+3ϖv3ϖ+v.(10) Eventually, Equations (Equation7) and (Equation9) can be rearranged to be in the form (11) P+2v2P3+1+v2α2ϖ3α3ϖ2α3v3P=0.(11) In the next sections, solutions of the Equation (Equation11) will be examined using the extended modified sub-equation method.

3. Basic ideas of the extended modified sub-equation method

Here, we present briefly the main steps of the extended modified sub-equation method for finding travelling wave solutions to NLEEs [Citation28]. Firstly, we consider the general NLEE of the type (12) P(u,ut,ux,utt,uxx,)=0.(12) Using the wave transformation u(x,t)=U(ξ),ξ=xvt, we can rewrite Equation (Equation12) as the following nonlinear ordinary differential equation (NLODE): (13) Q(U,U,U,U,)=0.(13) Let us assume that the solution of ordinary differential equation (ODE) (Equation13) can be written as a polynomial of R(ξ) as follows: (14) U(ξ)=j=nnbjRj(ξ),bj0,(14) where bj (njn) are constants which will be determined later. R(ξ) in (Equation14) satisfies the NLODE in the form (15) R(ξ)=lnAS0+S1Rξ+S2R2(ξ),A0,1.(15) The coefficient classifications and corresponding solution forms of (Equation15) are as follows:

Case 1: If Δ=S124S0S2<0,S20, then R1ξ=S12S2+ΔtanAΔ2ξ2S2,R2ξ=S12S2ΔcotAΔ2ξ2S2,R3ξ=S12S2+ΔtanAΔξ±rpsecAΔξ2S2,R4ξ=S12S2ΔcotAΔξ±rpcscAΔξ2S2,R5ξ=S12S2+ΔtanAΔ4ξcotAΔ4ξ4S2.

Case 2: If Δ=S124S0S2>0,S20, then R6ξ=S12S2ΔtanhAΔ2ξ2S2,R7ξ=S12S2ΔcothAΔ2ξ2S2,R8ξ=S12S2ΔtanhAΔξrpsechAΔξ2S2,R9ξ=S12S2ΔcothAΔξ±rpcschAΔξ2S2,R10ξ=S12S2ΔtanhAΔ4ξ+cothAΔ4ξ4S2.

Case 3: If S0=S2,S1=0, then R11ξ=tanAS0ξ,R12ξ=cotAS0ξ,R13ξ=tanA2S0ξ±rpsecA2S0ξ,R14ξ=cotA2S0ξ±rpcscA2S0ξ,R15ξ=12tanAS02ξ12cotAS02ξ.

Case 4: If S0=S2,S1=0, then R16ξ=tanhAS0ξ,R17ξ=cothAS0ξ,R18ξ=tanhA2S0ξ±rpsechA2S0ξ,R19ξ=cothA2S0ξ±rpcschA2S0ξ,R20ξ=12tanhAS02ξ12cothAS02ξ.

Case 5: If S124S0S2=0 then R21ξ=2S0S1ξlnA+2S12ξlnA.

Case 6: If S1=λ,S0=mλ,m0 and S2=0 then R22ξ=Aλξm.

Case 7: If S1=0,S2=0 then R23ξ=S0ξln(A).

Case 8: If S0=0,S1=0 then R24ξ=1S2lnAξ.

Case 9: If S0=0,S10 then R25ξ=rS1S2coshAS1ξsinhAS1ξ+r,R26ξ=coshAS1ξ+sinhAS1ξS1S2coshAS1ξ+sinhAS1ξ+p.

Case 10: If S1=λ,S2=mλ, m0 and S0=0 then R27ξ=rAλξpmrAλξ.

The generalized trigonometric and hyperbolic functions used in the families given above are defined as follows: (16) tanAς=irAiςpAiςrAiς+pAiς,tanhAς=rAςpAςrAς+pAς,cotAς=irAiς+pAiςrAiςpAiς,cothAς=rAς+pAςrAςpAς,cosAς=rAiς+pAiς2,coshAς=rAς+pAς2,sinAς=irAiςpAiς2,sinhAς=rAςpAς2,cscAς=2irAiςpAiς,cschAς=2rAςpAς,secAς=2rAiς+pAiς,sechAς=2rAς+pAς.(16) In Equation (Equation16), ς is an independent variable, r, p>0 constants are deformation parameters. n in (Equation14) is a positive integer that can be determined by the balancing procedure constructed taking into account the highest order nonlinear terms and the highest order linear terms in the resulting equation. By using Equation (Equation14) and Equation (Equation15) into Equation (Equation13), an equation consisting of the powers of R(ξ) is obtained. With the determination of n, the coefficients of the equation rearranged according to the powers of R(ξ) has to be equal to zero. Hence, we obtain an algebraic system of equations in terms of bn,,b1,b0,b1,,bn. By determining these parameters and rewriting the Equation (Equation14) using determined parameters, an analytic solution u(x,t) is obtained, in a closed form.

4. Exact travelling wave solutions

In this section, we will obtain the analytical solutions for the amplitude of the travelling wave solutions by using the extended modified sub-equation method. Substituting P(ξ)=j=nnbjRj(ξ) into Equation (Equation11) and balancing P with P3 yields n = 1. Therefore Equation (Equation11) admits the use of (17) P(ξ)=b1R(ξ)1+b0+b1R(ξ).(17) Substituting Equation (Equation17) into Equation (Equation11) through Equation (Equation15) and, collecting the coefficients of different powers of R(ξ), setting each coefficient to zero, we get the system of algebraic equations. By solving the resulting system with the help of Maple, the following results are achieved:

Set 1

After the huge calculations, we deduce the following relations between parameters appearing algebraic equations: ϖ=2v2α2+3+4v4α22+924v4α22(ln(A))2S2S0+6v4α22lnA2S126vα2,b1=iS0lnAv,b0=ivlnAS12,b1=0,where α2,α3,v,κ are arbitrary constants. We now can construct the exact solutions of Equation (Equation4) easily for these parameters set through the classification cases which is given in Section 3.

Case 1: If Δ=S124S0S2<0,S20, then we have (18) q1(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2+ΔtanAΔ(xvt)22S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q2(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔcotAΔ(xvt)22S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q3(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2+ΔtanAΔ(xvt)±rpsecAΔ(xvt)2S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q4(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔcotAΔ(xvt)±rpcscAΔ(xvt)2S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q5(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2+ΔtanAΔ(xvt)4cotAΔ(xvt)44S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ).(18)

Case 2: If Δ=S124S0S2>0,S20, then we obtain q6(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔtanhAΔ(xvt)22S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q7(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔcothAΔ(xvt)22S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q8(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔcothAΔ(xvt)±rpcschAΔ(xvt)2S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q9(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×S12S2ΔtanhAΔ(xvt)4+cothAΔ(xvt)44S21×ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 3: If S0=S2,S1=0, then we yield q10(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)tanAS0(xvt),q11(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)cotAS0(xvt),q12(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)tanA2S0(xvt)±rtsecA2S0(xvt),q13(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)cotA2S0(xvt)±rpcscA2S0(xvt),q14(x,t)=2ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)tanAS0(xvt)2cotAS0(xvt)2.

Case 4: If S0=S2,S1=0, then one obtains q15(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)tanhAS0(xvt),q16(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)cothAS0(xvt),q17(x,t)=ivlnAS0ei(κx+ϖt+θ)cothA2S0(xvt)±rpcschA2S0(xvt).

Case 5: If S124S0S2=0 then we attain (19) q18(x,t)=iS1lnAv2ivlnA2S12(xvt)2(S1(xvt)lnA+2)×ei(κx+ϖt+θ).(19)

Case 6: If S1=λ,S0=mλ, m0 and S2=0 then we derive q19(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0Aλ(xvt)mei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 9: If S0=0,S10 then we construct q20(x,t)=iS1lnAv21ei(κx+θ+ϖt).

Case 10: If S1=λ,S2=mλ,m0 and S0=0 then we get q21(x,t)=iλlnAv21ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Set 2

After some calculations, the following relations are obtained between the parameters in the system of algebraic equations:

ϖ=2v2α2+3+4v4α22+924v4α22lnA2S2S0+6v4α22lnA2S126vα2,b1=0,b0=ivlnAS12,b1=iS2lnAv,

where α2,α3,v,κ are arbitrary constants. According to classification cases for these parameters in Section 3, we can construct the exact solutions of Equation (Equation4) as follows:

Case 1: If Δ=S124S0S2<0,S20, then q22(x,t)=12ilnAvΔtanAΔ(xvt)2×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q23(x,t)=12ilnAvΔcotAΔ(xvt)2×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q24(x,t)=ilnAvΔtanAΔ(xvt)±rpsecAΔ(xvt)2×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q25(x,t)=ilnAvΔcotAΔ(xvt)2±rpcscAΔ(xvt)22×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q26(x,t)=ilnAvΔtanAΔ(xvt)cotAΔ(xvt)4×ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 2: If Δ=S124S0S2>0,S20, then (20) q27(x,t)=ilnAvΔtanhAΔ(xvt)221×ei(κx+θ+ϖt),q28(x,t)=ilnAvΔcothAΔ(xvt)221×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q29(x,t)=ilnAvΔcothAΔ(xvt)±rpcschAΔ(xvt)S2×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q30(x,t)=ilnAvΔtanhAΔ4(xvt)+cothAΔ4(xvt)4×ei(κx+ϖt+θ).(20)

Case 3: If S0=S2,S1=0, then q31(x,t)=iS0lnAvtanAS0(xvt)×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q32(x,t)=iS0lnAvcotAS0(xvt)×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q33(x,t)=iS0lnAvtanA2S0(xvt)±rpsecA2S0(xvt)ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q34(x,t)=iS0lnAvcotA2S0(xvt)±rpcscA2S0(xvt)ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q35(x,t)=iS0lnAv2tanAS0(xvt)2cotAS0(xvt)2ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 4: If S0=S2,S1=0, then q36(x,t)=iS2lnAvtanhAS0(xvt)×ei(κx+ϖt+θ),q37(x,t)=iS2lnAvcothA2S0(xvt)±rpcschA2S0(xvt)ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 5: If S124S0S2=0 then q38(x,t)=2iS2vS0S1(xvt)lnA+2S12(xvt)+ivlnAS12ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 6: If S1=λ,S0=mλ, m0 and S2=0 then q39(x,t)=ivlnAλ2ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 8: If S0=0,S1=0 then q40(x,t)=iv(xvt)ei(κx+ϖt+θ).

Case 9: If S0=0,S10 then (21) q41(x,t)=ilnAvrS1coshAS1(xvt)sinhAS1(xvt)+r+ivlnAS12ei(κx+ϖt+θ).(21)

5. Lie symmetries

We will apply Lie symmetry analysis for Equation (Equation4) [Citation33–38]. Firstly, we assume (22) q(x,t)=u(x,t)eiv(x,t),(22) where u and v are real valued functions. If we substitute (Equation22) into (Equation4) and split up real and imaginary parts, we obtain (23) vxu+α2uttα2uvt2+2α2u3+3α3uttvt+3α3utvtt+α3uvtttα3uvt3+6α3u3vt=0,2α2utvt+α2uvtt+3α3utvt2α3uttt6α3u2ut+ux+3α3uvttvt=0.(23) For the system of the above equations, let us consider infinitesimal transformations which contain the essential information determining a one-parameter Lie group of transformations: (24) xx~=x+ϵξx,t,u,v+O(ϵ2),tt~=t+ϵτx,t,u,v+O(ϵ2),uu~=u+ϵηx,t,u,v+O(ϵ2),vv~=v+ϵφx,t,u,v+O(ϵ2),(24) with a small parameter (ϵ). The corresponding vector field for these transformations is (25) X=ξ(x,t,u,v)x+τ(x,t,u,v)t+η(x,t,u,v)u+φ(x,t,u,v)v.(25) When (Equation25) vector field (or generator) is found, the transformation group of the equation or system considered is dx~dϵ=ξx¯,t¯,u¯,v¯,x~|ϵ=0=x,dt~dϵ=τx¯,t¯,u¯,v¯,t~|ϵ=0=t,du~dϵ=ηx¯,t¯,u¯,v¯,u~|ϵ=0=u,dv~dϵ=φx¯,t¯,u¯,v¯,v~|ϵ=0=v. The third prolongations formula pr(3)X is (26) pr3X=X+φxvx+φtvt+ηtut+ηttutt+φttvtt+φtttvttt+ηxux+φtvt+ηtut+φttvtt+ηtttuttt,(26) where ηx,φx,φt,ηt,φtt,φttt,ηtt,ηttt are extended infinitesimal. Hence, system of equations (Equation23) has following invariance conditions: ηvxα2vt2+6α2u2+α3vtttα3vt3+18α3vtu2φxu+ηttα2+3α3vt+φt2α2uvt+3α3utt3α3uvt2+6α3u3+α3(3ηtvtt+3φttut+φtttu)=0,ηα2vtt12α3utu+3α3vtvtt+ηt2α2vt+3α3vt26α3u2+φt2α2vt+6α3utvt+3α3uvtt+φttα2u+3α3uvtηtttα3+ηx=0. With the help of the obtained equation pair and the values of extended infinitesimals, we get an overdetermined system of PDEs. Solving overdetermined system of PDEs, one can obtain (27) ξ=3c1x+c3,τ=c1t+2α22c13α3x+c4,η=c1u,φ=α2c13α3t+c2,(27) where c1,c2,c3 and c4 are arbitrary constants. Thus, the Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries of equations (Equation23) is said to be spanned by the vector field (28) X1=v,X2=x,X3=t,X4=uu+α23α3tv+2α22x3α3t3α3t3xx.(28) It is easy to verify that X1,X2,X3,X4 is closed under the Lie bracket. In fact, we have The commutator table is anti-symmetric with its diagonal elements all being zero as we have [Xα,Xβ]=[Xβ,Xα] (Table ) [Citation39,Citation40].

6. Symmetry reduction and invariant solutions

In this section, we will get the invariant solutions of system of Equation (Equation23). The corresponding characteristic equations are (29) dxξ=dtτ=duη=dvφ,(29) where ξ,τ,η and φ are given by (Equation27). Solving characteristic Equation (Equation29), we will consider four cases of vector fields:

  1. X2,

  2. X3,

  3. X1+λX2+μX3,

  4. X4,

where λ,μ are arbitrary real numbers different from zero.

Table 1. Commutator table of the vector fields of (Equation23).

Case (i) X2

By solving the characteristic equation (Equation29) for the generator X2, similarity variables are obtained as follows: (30) ρ=t,ux,t=Fρ,vx,t=Gρ,(30) where ρ and F, G are new independent and dependent variables, respectively. Substituting (Equation30) into (Equation23), the following similarity reduction can be obtained: (31) α2Fα2FG2+2α2F3+3α3FG+3α3FG+α3FGα3FG3+6α3F3G=0,(31) (32) 6α3F2F+2α2FG+α2FG+3α3FG2α3F+3α3GGF=0,(32) where () denotes derivative with respect to ρ. Hence, solution of Equation (Equation4) can be written as (33) qx,t=FρeiGρ,(33) where F(ρ),G(ρ) are solutions of (Equation31) and (Equation32).

Specially, let us choose G(ρ)=1 in Equation (Equation31) and Equation (Equation32). By solving the equation obtained by taking the integral of the Equation (Equation32) and the equation obtained from the Equation (Equation31), we obtain F(ρ)=C2JacobiSN((ρ+C1)C2,i), where JacobiSN is the Jacobi elliptic function. In this case, solution of (Equation4) can be obtained as q(x,t)=C2JacobiSN((t+C1)C2,i)ei.

Case (ii) X3

If the characteristic equation is generated according to X3 and solved, similarity variables are obtained as follows (34) γ=x,ux,t=Jγ,vx,t=Kγ,(34) where γ and J, K are new variables. Using the expressions given in (Equation34) in the system of Equations (Equation23), similarity reduction can be obtained as follows (35) K+2α2J2J=0,(35) (36) J=0,(36) where a prime denotes differentiation with respect to γ. Equation (Equation36) has the solution (37) Jγ=c1,(37) where c1 is arbitrary constant. Substituting (Equation36) into (Equation35) and solving, we get (38) Kγ=2α2c12γ+c2,(38) where c2 is arbitrary constant. From (Equation22), (Equation34), (Equation37) and (Equation38), the solution of Equation (Equation4) is qx,t=c1ei(2α2c12x+c2).

Case (iii) X1+λX2+μX3

In this case, we deal with the linear combination of X1,X2 and X3. Solving the corresponding characteristic equation, we have (39) ζ=μxλt,u(x,t)=P(ζ),v(x,t)=xλ+Q(ζ),(39) where P and Q are new independent variables of new independent variable ζ. According to new variables given in (Equation39), we have following reduced equations: (40) μλPQP+α2λ3Pα2λ3PQ2+2α2λP33α3λ4PQ3α3λ4PQα3λ4PQ+α3λ4PQ36α3λ2P3Q=0,(40) (41) 6α3λP2P+2α2λ2PQ+α2λ2PQ3α3λ3PQ2+μP+α3λ3P3α3λ3PQQ=0,(41) where () denotes differentiation with respect to ζ. Corresponding solution of Equation (Equation4) can be presented as (42) qx,t=Pζeixλ+Q(ζ),(42) where ζ is given by (Equation39) and P(ρ),Q(ρ) is solutions of (Equation40) and (Equation41) equations.

Specially, let us choose Q(ζ)=1 and α2=α3/μ in Equation (Equation40) and Equation (Equation41), by solving the equation obtained by taking the integral of the Equation (Equation41) and the equation obtained from the Equation (Equation40), we obtain P(ζ)=C2μα3λμ+α3λC22JacobiSN×α3λ(α3λ+μ)ζα3λ2+C1×μα3λμ+α3λC22,×C2α3λ(α3λ+μ)α3λ+μ, where JacobiSN is the Jacobi elliptic function. In this case, solution of the Equation (Equation4) can be expressed in term of original variables as q(x,t)=C2μα3λμ+α3λC22JacobiSN×α3λ(α3λ+μ)(μxλt)α3λ2+C1×μα3λμ+α3λC22,×C2α3λ(α3λ+μ)α3λ+μei(x/λ+1).

Case (iv) X4

Solving the characteristic equation (Equation29) for the generator X4, we obtain following similarity variables: (43) σ=tx13+α223α3x2/3,ux,t=Hσx1/3,v(x,t)=Wσ2α2327α32xα23α3t,(43) where σ and H, W are new variables. Substituting (Equation43) into (Equation23), we get the reduced equations as follows (44) 9α32HW3+27α32HW+27α32HW+9α32HW+54α32H3W+3α3σHW=0,(44) (45) 54α32H2H27α32HW2+3α3H+9α32H27α32HWW+3α3σW=0,(45) where () denotes differentiation with respect to σ. Thus the solution of Equation (Equation4) can be given as (46) qx,t=Hσx1/3ei(W(σ)(2α23/27α32)x(α2/3α3)t),(46) where σ is given by (Equation43) and H(σ),W(σ) is solutions of (Equation44) and (Equation45) equations.

The one parameter groups Gi generated by the Xi (i=1,2,3,4) are given in the following table. The entries give the transformed point exp(ϵXi)(x,t,u,v)=(x~,t~,u~,v~): G1:(x,t,u,v+ϵ),G2:(x+ϵ,t,u,v),G3:(x,t+ϵ,u,v),G4:e3ϵx,α223α3xe3ϵ+t+α223α3xeϵ,eϵu,v+α2327α32x(e3ϵ1)α23α3t+α223α3x(eϵ1). We observe that the Lie groups G1,G2 and G3 corresponds to the dependent variable, space and time translation,respectively. If u=f(x,t) and v=g(x,t) are any functions, then their transform by G4 is u~=eϵu=eϵf(x,t),v~=v+α2327α32x(e3ϵ1)α23α3(t+α223α3x)(eϵ1)=g(x,t)+α2327α32x(e3ϵ1)α23α3t+α223α3x(eϵ1) which should be expressed in terms of (x~,t~)=G4(x,t)=(e3ϵx, (α22/3α3)xe3ϵ+(t+(α22/3α3)x)eϵ). Therefore u~=eϵfeϵx~,t~+α223α3x~eϵα233α3x~eϵ,v~=geϵx~,t~+α223α3x~eϵα233α3x~eϵα223α3t~(1eϵ)2α2327α32x~+2α2327α32x~eϵ113e2ϵ are transformed functions in this particular case.

7. Conservation laws

Consider a kth-order system of PDEs (47) Eαx,t,u,v,w1,,wk=0,α=1,2,(47) with two independent variables s=(x,t) and two dependent variables w=(u,v). Let w(l), l=1,2,,k, denote the collections of lth-order partial derivatives given with wiα=Di(wα), wijα=DjDi(wα),, in terms of total derivative operator (48) Di=si+wiαwα+wijαwjα+,i=1,2.(48) Using the familiar consequence that the Euler-Lagrange operator eliminates a total divergence, we employ the invariance and multiplier approach for determining conserved densities and fluxes. Firstly, if (Tx,Tt) is a conserved vector corresponding to a conservation law, then a total space-time divergence expression vanishes on the solutions of the system (Equation47), (49) DxTx+DtTt=0.(49) A multiplier M=(M1,M2) has the property that (50) Mα(x,t,u,v,w1,,wk)Eα(s,u1,,uk)=DxTx+DtTt(50) or (51) M(x,t,u,v,w1,,wk)E(s,u1,,uk)=DxTx+DtTt(51) hold identically for some conserved vector (Tx,Tt). The determining equation for the multiplier M is[33] (52) Ξ[M(x,t,u,v,w1,,wk)E(s,u1,,uk)]=0,(52) where Ξ is the Euler operator. Thus, the multipliers can be determined by using (Equation52). Then the corresponding conserved vectors can be constructed. There are several approaches to this, where the better-known approach is the homotopy formula [Citation41–43]. If the real and imaginary parts of the equation obtained by substituting q = u + iv into (Equation4) are separated, the following equation pair is obtained: (53) vx+α2utt+2α2u3+2α2uv2+α3vttt+6α3vtu2+6α3vtv2=0,ux+α2vtt+2α2v3+2α2vu2α3uttt6α3utu26α3utv2=0.(53) As a result of detailed calculations, it can be seen that if M(x,t,u,v,ux,vx,ut,vt)=(M1,M2) with Ξ[M1(vx+α2utt+2α2u3+2α2uv2+α3vttt+6α3vtu2+6α3vtv2)+M2(ux+α2vtt+2α2v3+2α2vu2α3uttt6α3utu26α3utv2)]=0, the multipliers M with the corresponding densities Tt of the above system with Φt being the densities of (Equation4) can be obtained.

  • Ma=(ux,vx), Tt=3α32u2vux+uxv3u3vxuv2vxα22uutxutux+vvtxvtvx+α32vuttxvtutx+uxvttuvttx+utvtxuttvx.The conserved density is Φta=α22Req¯qtx+q¯tqx+α32Im(q¯qt)tx+q¯tqtx3α32|q|2Imq¯qx.

  • Mb=(v,u), Tt=α33u2v2+32v4+32u4+vvtt+uutt12vt212ut2+α2vutuvt.The conserved density is Φtb=α2Imq¯qt+3α32|q|4+α322Req¯qtt|qt|2.

According to the conserved densities obtained above, it is seen that linear momentum, power or Hamiltonian are not conserved. Here, we avoid any physical interpretation because the densities we obtain above are unusual [Citation44].

8. Conclusion

In this work, we considered the TONSE which enables studies and advances in the speed of information transmission that plays a major role in fields such as ultrashort pulses, optical fibre, applied physics, communication system, etc… To contribute to the studies of the higher order Schrödinger equation and the special cases of this equation in the literature [Citation31,Citation32,Citation45–47], we considered Equation (Equation4). This equation was considered in [Citation29,Citation30] for α2=12 and the authors studied the non autonomous characteristics of the W-shaped solitons and have modified the Darboux transformation method to find rational solutions of the equation of the first and second orders, respectively. As far as we know, the exact solutions of this equation, which include generalized hyperbolic and trigonometric functions, were investigated for the first time in this research. We believe that the solutions we have obtained are new. One of the advantages of the applied method is that it contains more general solutions than most of the methods in the literature. The results obtained by the application of this method have shown that this method is effective, strong and applicable to other problems in mathematical physics.

Moreover, for better understanding the dynamics of these results, we demonstrated graphs of real-imaginary parts and modulus of some of them by giving appropriate values to the parameters which facilitate to recognize the physical phenomena of this nonlinear mode in Figure . The solution domain was chosen as (x,t)(5,5)×(5,5) in all illustrations. The modulus of q1 demonstrated periodic solution in Figure . The modulus of q18 and q27 describe rational soliton and optical dark travelling wave solutions in Figure  and , respectively. The modulus part of q41 demonstrated singular periodic solution in Figure . In Section 5, we applied Lie classical method to considered equation to obtain the group-invariant solutions. The vector fields, symmetry reductions, transformation groups, and group-invariant solutions based on the Lie group approach were obtained. Finally, we constructed conservation laws of Equation (Equation4) and obtained two conserved densities. The conservation laws that we obtain can be used in the stability analysis of solutions and in numerical schemes. In future studies, the conformable fractional derivative and the fractional modified sub-equation extended method for the generalized hyperbolic and trigonometric functions can be considered to obtain new solutions for the NLSEs. We believe that this study might be important for researchers specializing in the construction of the transmission media and more specifically optical fibres may have the opportunity to build new optical fibres, including waves, that adapt to the types of signals we want to propagate. We hope that these results are going to be very useful in future research.

Figure 1. Profile of solution q1(x,t) for Set 1 when S1=2,S0=1,S2=2,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation18).

Figure 1. Profile of solution q1(x,t) for Set 1 when S1=2,S0=1,S2=2,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation18(18) q1(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×−S12S2+−ΔtanA−Δ(x−vt)22S2−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q2(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×−S12S2−−ΔcotA−Δ(x−vt)22S2−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q3(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×−S12S2+−ΔtanA−Δ(x−vt)±rpsecA−Δ(x−vt)2S2−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q4(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×−S12S2−−ΔcotA−Δ(x−vt)±rpcscA−Δ(x−vt)2S2−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q5(x,t)=iS1lnAv2+ivlnAS0×−S12S2+−ΔtanA−Δ(x−vt)4−cotA−Δ(x−vt)44S2−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ).(18) ).

Figure 2. Profile of solution q18(x,t) for Set 1 when S1=2,S0=1,S2=1,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation19).

Figure 2. Profile of solution q18(x,t) for Set 1 when S1=2,S0=1,S2=1,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation19(19) q18(x,t)=iS1lnAv2−ivlnA2S12(x−vt)2(S1(x−vt)lnA+2)×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ).(19) ).

Figure 3. Profile of solution q27(x,t) for Set 2 when S1=3,S0=1,S2=1,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation20).

Figure 3. Profile of solution q27(x,t) for Set 2 when S1=3,S0=1,S2=1,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=1,α2=1 in Equation (Equation20(20) q27(x,t)=−ilnAvΔtanhAΔ(x−vt)22−1×ei(−κx+θ+ϖt),q28(x,t)=−ilnAvΔcothAΔ(x−vt)22−1×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q29(x,t)=−ilnAvΔcothA−Δ(x−vt)±rpcschA−Δ(x−vt)S2×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ),q30(x,t)=−ilnAvΔtanhA−Δ4(x−vt)+cothA−Δ4(x−vt)4×ei(−κx+ϖt+θ).(20) ).

Figure 4. Profile of solution q41(x,t) for Set 2 when S1=1,S0=0,S2=3,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=3,α2=1 in Equation (Equation21).

Figure 4. Profile of solution q41(x,t) for Set 2 when S1=1,S0=0,S2=3,v=1,A=2,r=3/2,p=1/2,θ=3,α2=1 in Equation (Equation21(21) q41(x,t)=−ilnAvrS1coshAS1(x−vt)−sinhAS1(x−vt)+r+ivlnAS12ei(−κx+ϖt+θ).(21) ).

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