Optical soliton solutions for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order dispersion arise in nonlinear optics

Abstract Optical solitons and traveling wave solutions for the higher-order dispersive extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation are studied. Ultrashort pulse propagation in optical communication networks is described by this equation. To find exact solutions to the model, the unified Riccati equation expansion method and the Jacobi elliptic function expansion method are successfully applied. The optical solutions includes various solitary wave solutions, such as dark, bright, combined dark-bright, singular, combined periodic, periodic, Jacobian elliptic, and rational functions. Three-dimensional and two-dimensional graphs of solutions are presented. Also, the dynamical behavior of waves and the impact of time on solutions by selecting appropriate parameters are illustrated.