Even-order dispersion solitons: A pedagogical note

In conventional temporal optical solitons the effect of the nonlinearity is balanced by that of quadratic dispersion. In recent work we have considered solitons that balance the nonlinearity with pure higher, even orders of dispersion or with combinations of different even dispersion orders. Here we highlight the key differences and similarities between these novel solitons and conventional solitons and give arguments for the existence of this infinite set of solitons.

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This paper investigates the key differences and similarities between conventional optical solitons and novel solitons that balance nonlinearity with pure higher dispersion orders or combinations of different even orders of dispersion. Arguments for the existence of this infinite set of solitons are also presented.