Butterfly-shaped and dromion-like optical similaritons in an asymmetric twin-core fiber amplifier

Butterfly-shaped and dromion-like optical waves in a tapered graded-index waveguide (GRIN) with an external source are reported for the first time, to our knowledge. More pertinently, we obtain these waves both analytically and numerically in a generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation (GNLSE), which describes self-similar wave propagation in GRIN with variable group-velocity dispersion (GVD), nonlinearity, gain, and source. The proposed GNLSE appertains to the study of similariton propagation through asymmetric twin-core fiber amplifiers. Dromion-like structures, which have generally been investigated in the (2 + 1) or higher dimensional systems, are reported in the (1 + 1) dimensional GNLSE with an external source. Herein, we introduce the concept of soliton management when the variable group-velocity dispersion and Kerr nonlinearity functions are suggested. For example, when the GVD parameter is perturbed, we observe the emergence of vibration of dromion-like structures. Then the dromion-like structure is transformed into oscillation by the modulation instability of the modified coefficient of the Gaussian GVD function, exhibiting interference based on two dromion-like structures. Additionally, the phenomenon of unbreakable PT symmetry of these nonlinear waves has been demonstrated for three explicit examples.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group