2026/01/16 by Graham Hesketh · 1 voice · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nlin.SI
arxiv published 2026/01/16 · arxiv updated 2026/05/20
Complete analytic solutions to quasi-continuous-wave four-wave mixing in nonlinear optical fibres are presented in terms of Weierstrass elliptic \wp, ζ, and σ functions, providing the full complex envelopes for all four waves under arbitrary initial conditions. A sequence of coordinate transformations reveals a canonical form with universal parameter-free structure. Remarkably, these transformations depend explicitly on the propagation variable yet preserve the structural form of the differential equations, an invariance property not previously reported for four-wave mixing. In the canonical coordinates, solutions become single-valued meromorphic Kronecker theta functions, establishing connections with other integrable nonlinear optical systems. The Hamiltonian conservation is shown to arise from the Frobenius-Stickelberger determinant. Numerical validation confirms the solutions using open-source Python libraries.