Multi-geometric discrete spectral problem with several pairs of zeros for Sasa–Satsuma equation

Sasa–Satsuma equation is proposed to model the propagation and interaction of the sub-picosecond or femtosecond pulses in a monomode optical fiber. Different from several integrable equations in the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur system, the higher-order zeros of Riemann–Hilbert problem for the Sasa–Satsuma appear in quadruples. A new approach to study the multi-geometric discrete spectral problem with several pairs of zeros for the Sasa–Satsuma equation is proposed. Thus, the complete soliton solutions corresponding to the higher-order zeros with arbitrary geometric and algebraic multiplicities are derived. Moreover, the inelastic interactions between or among the solitons corresponding to the higher-order non-elementary zeros exhibit the shape-changing phenomena.