We study exact matter-wave solutions of the quasi-one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation with the space- and/or time-modulated potential and nonlinearity and the time-dependent gain or loss term in Bose-Einstein condensates. In particular, based on the similarity transformation and symbolic analysis, we report several families of exact solutions of the quasi-one-dimensional GP equation in the combination of the harmonic and Gaussian potentials, in which some physically relevant solutions are described. The stability of the obtained matter-wave solutions is addressed numerically such that some stable solutions are found. Moreover, we also analyze the parameter regimes for the stable solutions. These results may raise the possibility of relative experiments and potential applications.

• Received 13 December 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.056608