Exact solutions to the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with time-dependent coefficients

Abstract

In this paper, the trial function method is employed to find the exact solutions for high-order nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with time-dependent coefficients. This system describes the propagation of ultrashort light pulses in nonlinear fibers, with self-steepening and self-frequency shift effects. As a result, we derive a range of exact solutions which include Jacobi elliptic function solutions, solitary wave solutions, and rational function solutions.