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We discuss the intrinsic relations between Dirac monopole theory and Berry geometric phases. We demonstrate that the existence of Dirac strings with endpoints brings non-integrable phase factors in the parameters space. We choose one of the simplest two-mode Hamilton model to visualize Dirac string and its endpoint of a wave function, based on its eigenstates. The geometric phase variation around an arbitrary circle can be calculated explicitly according to Dirac's picture, where the well-known Berry connection and curvature can be derived directly by performing Dirac monopole theory in the parameters space. The correspondence between the endpoints of Dirac strings and the accident degenerated points of eigenvalues are clearly shown for the Hermitian systems. These results suggest that Berry phase can be seen as the non-integrable phase factor induced by Dirac strings with endpoints in the parameters space, and would motivate more studies on geometric phase by performing or extending Dirac monopole theory.

Most of previously reported dark-bright solitons admit identical width for the two components in both theoretical and experimental studies. We report dark-bright solitons can admit strikingly different widths, and derive a family of analytical solutions for them by Lagrangian variational method. The existence regimes for these solitons become much more widespread in the space of nonlinear parameters, than the ones for the previously known dark-bright solitons with identical width. Our analysis indicates that the effective quantum wells are quite different in the two components, in sharp contrast to the ones for all previously known vector solitons. Especially, the particle number of bright soliton can be used to control the generation of dark-bright solitons with varied ratios of solitons' widths. Based on the current experimental technologies, we propose an experimental scheme for observing these novel dark-bright solitons. The results suggest that abundant vector solitons with difference widths exist in multi-components coupled systems, and would inspire experiments to observe them in nonlinear optical fibers, Bose-Einstein condensates, and other nonlinear coupled systems.

While usually the optical diffraction limit is setting a limit for the lengthscales on which a typical alkali Bose-Einstein condensate can be controlled, we show that in certain situations control via matter waves can achieve smaller resolutions. For this we consider a small number of impurity atoms which are trapped inside the density dip of a dark soliton state and show that any grey soliton can be obtained by just driving the impurity atoms. By controlling the driving force on the impurity, one can therefore fully control the position and velocity of the dark soliton, and also study controlled collisions between these non-linear objects., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures

We systematically investigate rogue wave's spatial-temporal pattern in $N$ $(N\geq2)$-component coupled defocusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations. The fundamental rogue wave solutions are given in a unified form for both focusing and defocusing cases. We establish the quantitative correspondence between modulation instability and rogue wave patterns, which develops the previously reported inequality relation into an equation correspondence. As an example, we demonstrate phase diagrams for rogue wave patterns in a two-component coupled system, based on the complete classification of their spatial-temporal structures. The phase diagrams enable us to predict various rogue wave patterns, such as the ones with a four-petaled structure in both components. These results are meaningful for controlling the rogue wave excitations in two orthogonal polarization optical fibers., Comment: 6 pages,2 figures

Dark soliton is usually seen as one of the simplest topological solitons, due to the phase jump across its density dip. We investigate the phase jump properties of dark solitons in a single mode optical fiber with the third-order dispersion and delayed nonlinear response, based on exact analytical solutions of Hirota equation. Our analysis indicates that a single-valley dark soliton (SVDS) can admit two distinct phase jumps at the same velocity, in sharp contrast to the dark soliton with only the second-order dispersion and self-phase modulation, which admits a one-to-one match between the velocity and phase jump. We further uncover the different topological vector potentials underlying the distinct phase jumps. The relations between phase jump and velocity of the SVDS can explain the generation of the previously reported double-valley dark soliton (DVDS). The detailed analysis on the two phase jumps characters of the DVDS with one identical velocity enables us to obtain U-shaped type or double-step type phase distribution. We further explore collision properties of the DVDSs by analyzing their topological phase, which can be considered as the generalization of topological phase (Phys. Rev. E 103, L040204). Strikingly, the inelastic collision can lead to the conversion between the two types of phase distributions for DVDS. The results reveal that inelastic or elastic collision can be judged by analyzing the magnetic monopole fields., Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures

We study the dynamics of Kuznetsov-Ma solitons (KMS) in the framework of vector nonlinear Schr\"odinger (Manakov) equations. Exact multi-parameter family of solutions for such KMSs is derived. This family of solutions includes the known results as well as the previously unknown solutions in the form of the non-degenerate KMSs. We present the existence diagram of such KMSs that follows from the exact solutions. These non-degenerate KMSs are formed by nonlinear superposition of two fundamental KMSs that have the same propagation period but different eigenvalues. We present the amplitude profiles of new solutions, their exact physical spectra, their link to ordinary vector solitons and offer easy ways of their excitation using numerical simulations., Comment: 15 pages, 14 figures