Quantum Optical Soliton Dynamics Beyond Linearization: An Open-System Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17025v2
• Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 11:51:03 GMT
• Title: Quantum Optical Soliton Dynamics Beyond Linearization: An Open-System Approach
• Abstract summary: We introduce two approaches to modeling the quantum dynamics of optical $(3)$ solitons.<n>We use numerical simulations to confirm both methods effectively capture quantum-induced soliton phase shifts.<n>We also investigate radiation that occurs in the presence of higher-order dispersion with ultrashort pulses, deriving a ME that predicts photon loss consistent with classical theory.
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• Abstract: We introduce two approaches to modeling the quantum dynamics of optical $χ^{(3)}$ solitons. Taking an open-system viewpoint, we project the underlying quantum field into system (soliton) and residual reservoir components. The reservoir is treated as either (i) a discrete ``Lanczos supermode'' (LSM) expansion which localizes dynamics to a few-supermode basis, or (ii) a non-local environment which can be traced out by deriving a Markovian master equation (ME). Using these methods, we analyze and identify the quantum structure of both the soliton's stability and its hierarchy of perturbations. Through numerical simulations, we confirm both methods effectively capture quantum-induced soliton phase shifts in a concise few-mode (single-mode for ME) basis, and the LSM approach also captures photon loss which arises from non-Markovian dispersive couplings. As neither method is limited to the linearized regime, our approaches provide powerful computational tools to analyze complex non-Gaussian quantum dynamics of solitons where other commonly-used methods fail, providing insight into such non-perturbative regimes. We also investigate radiation that occurs in the presence of higher-order dispersion with ultrashort pulses, deriving a ME that predicts photon loss consistent with classical theory, but find that both classical and ME theory dramatically underestimate the actual amount of dissipation, which we explain in terms of dispersive coupling-induced soliton broadening.

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