Extreme waves that appear from nowhere: On the nature of rogue waves

N. Akhmediev, J. M. Soto-Crespo*, A. Ankiewicz

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    Abstract

    We have numerically calculated chaotic waves of the focusing nonlinear Schrr̈odinger equation (NLSE), starting with a plane wave modulated by relatively weak random waves. We show that the peaks with highest amplitude of the resulting wave composition (rogue waves) can be described in terms of exact solutions of the NLSE in the form of the collision of Akhmediev breathers.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2137-2145
    Number of pages9
    JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
    Volume373
    Issue number25
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2009

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