A systematic construction of parity-time ($\cal PT$)-symmetric and non-$\cal PT$-symmetric complex potentials from the solutions of various real nonlinear evolution equations

Abstract: We systematically construct a distinct class of complex potentials including parity-time ($\cal PT$) symmetric potentials for the stationary Schr\"odinger equation by using the soliton and periodic solutions of the four integrable real nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs) namely the sine-Gordon (sG) equation, the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation, combined mKdV-sG equation and the Gardner equation. These potentials comprise of kink, breather, bion, elliptic bion, periodic and soliton potentials which are explicitly constructed from the various respective solutions of the NLEEs. We demonstrate the relevance between the identified complex potentials and the potential of the graphene model from an application point of view.