Taking into consideration a fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation in an optical fiber

Abstract In this paper, symbolic computation on a fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation is done, for the attosecond pulses propagation in an optical fiber. With respect to the complex amplitude of the optical pulse envelope, we work out a Lax pair and derive the modified generalized Darboux transformation. Then, we give the semirational solutions via the modified generalized Darboux transformation method. By means of such solutions, we graphically discuss the properties for three types of the degenerate solitons.