Bright solitons and their interactions of the (3 + 1)-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schrödinger system for an optical fiber

Under investigation in this paper is the [Formula: see text]-dimensional coupled nonlinear Schrödinger system for an optical fiber with birefringence. With the Hirota method, bilinear forms of the system are derived via an auxiliary function, and the bright one- and two-soliton solutions are constructed. Based on those soliton solutions, soliton propagation and interaction are investigated analytically and graphically. Non-singular cases of the bright one-soliton solutions are presented, from which the single-peak and two-peak solitons can arise, respectively. Through the analysis on the bright two-soliton solutions, the elastic and inelastic interactions are investigated. Three kinds of the elastic interactions are presented, between the two one-peak solitons, a one-peak soliton and a two-peak soliton, and the two two-peak solitons.