Abstract
We propose initial conditions that could facilitate the excitation of rogue waves. Understanding the initial conditions that foster rogue waves could be useful both in attempts to avoid them by seafarers and in generating highly energetic pulses in optical fibers.
1 More- Received 30 July 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.043818
©2009 American Physical Society
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Exciting rogue waves
Published 19 October 2009
How freak or rogue waves form in the ocean is not well understood, but new investigations suggest a mechanism for these waves that may also allow formation of high-intensity pulses in optical fibers.
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