• DocumentCode
    2835676
  • Title

    Waves that appear from nowhere - rogue waves in optics

  • Author

    Akhmediev, N. ; Ankiewicz, A. ; Taki, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work, examples of exact solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation that "appear from nowhere" are presented. Two examples of such solutions . The amplitude of each of these solutions can take arbitrarily high values that depend on initial conditions. These properties of solutions make them a very likely explanation for the "rogue waves" in the ocean, since these also may have unusually high amplitudes and appear "from nowhere". A strong application for these results is the generation of exceptionally high amplitude optical pulses - "optical rogue waves".
  • Keywords
    Schrodinger equation; optical solitons; high amplitude optical pulses; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; rogue waves; solitary wave solutions; Atom optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Oceans; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Schrodinger equation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5194734
  • Filename
    5194734