Optimal control of optical soliton parameters: Part 1. The Lax representation in the problem of soliton management

The existence of the Lax representation for a model of soliton management under certain conditions is shown, which proves a complete integrability of the model. The exact analytic solutions are obtained for the problem of the optimal control of parameters of Schrodinger solitons in nonconservative systems with the group velocity dispersion, nonlinear refractive index, and gain (absorption coefficient) varying over the length. The examples demonstrating the non-trivial amplification dynamics of optical solitons, which are important from practical point of view, are considered. The exact analytic solutions are obtained for problems of the optimal amplification of solitons in optical fibres with monotonically decreasing dispersion and of Raman pumping of solitons in fibreoptic communication systems.