Figure 4

Evolution of an Akhmediev breather for at ξ = −2.5 in the presence of a normalized dissipation rate (a) (c) and (e) . (b,d,f) Corresponding trajectory in the complex plane for the cases (a,c,e). The red crosses correspond to numerical simulations, while the blue curve is given by the exact analytical expression (7) for . The starting point is marked by a black +.