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Abstract This research delves into the study of optical solitons governed by Kudryashov’s law of nonlinear refractive index, incorporating a conformable fractional derivative, perturbed terms, and a quadrupled-power law in optical fibers. Employing a novel approach known as the generalized exp(− S ( ζ ) ) expansion method, we identify novel optical soliton solutions characterized by exponential, rational, and hyperbolic functions featuring a conformable fractional derivative. These solutions manifest as unified bright-dark, singular, singular periodic, kink, anti-kink, and novel solitary waves. We employ 3D, contour, and 2D plots to analyze the behavior of these solutions across different temporal and fractional-order derivative parameters, offering an understanding of their physical interpretations. Furthermore, we perform modulation instability (MI) analysis that depends on standard linear stability analysis to derive the MI gain spectrum, demonstrating how well our methodology works for nonlinear problems in the natural sciences and engineering domains. This approach provides an effective way to investigate optical solutions in various integer and fractional Schrödinger equations.
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