The physics of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation in fiber optics: Rogue waves, modulation instability and self-focusing phenomena

F Copie, S Randoux, P Suret - Reviews in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the different dynamical mechanisms leading to the emergence of coherent
structures in physical systems described by the integrable one-dimensional nonlinear …

Bound state soliton gas dynamics underlying the spontaneous modulational instability

A Gelash, D Agafontsev, V Zakharov, G El, S Randoux… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We investigate the fundamental phenomenon of the spontaneous, noise-induced
modulational instability (MI) of a plane wave. The statistical properties of the noise-induced …

The finite-gap method and the periodic NLS Cauchy problem of anomalous waves for a finite number of unstable modes

PG Grinevich, PM Santini - Russian Mathematical Surveys, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The focusing non-linear Schrödinger (NLS) equation is the simplest universal model
describing the modulation instability (MI) of quasimonochromatic waves in weakly non-linear …

Nonlinear evolution of the locally induced modulational instability in fiber optics

AE Kraych, P Suret, G El, S Randoux - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
We report an optical fiber experiment in which we study the nonlinear stage of modulational
instability of a plane wave in the presence of a localized perturbation. Using a recirculating …

The finite gap method and the analytic description of the exact rogue wave recurrence in the periodic NLS Cauchy problem. 1

PG Grinevich, PM Santini - Nonlinearity, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The focusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation is the simplest universal model
describing the modulation instability (MI) of quasi monochromatic waves in weakly nonlinear …

[HTML][HTML] The exact rogue wave recurrence in the NLS periodic setting via matched asymptotic expansions, for 1 and 2 unstable modes

PG Grinevich, PM Santini - Physics Letters A, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation is the simplest universal model
describing the modulation instability (MI) of quasi monochromatic waves in weakly nonlinear …

Nonlinear localization of dissipative modulation instability

AU Nielsen, Y Xu, C Todd, M Ferré, MG Clerc… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Modulation instability (MI) in the presence of noise typically leads to an irreversible and
complete disintegration of a plane wave background. Here we report on experiments …

Formation of rogue waves from a locally perturbed condensate

AA Gelash - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
The one-dimensional focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) on an unstable
condensate background is the fundamental physical model that can be applied to study the …

Universal behavior of modulationally unstable media

G Biondini, S Li, D Mantzavinos, S Trillo - SIAM Review, 2018 - SIAM
Evidence is presented of universal behavior in modulationally unstable media. An ensemble
of nonlinear evolution equations, including three partial differential equations, an integro …

From modulational instability to focusing dam breaks in water waves

F Bonnefoy, A Tikan, F Copie, P Suret, G Ducrozet… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We report water wave experiments performed in a long tank where we consider the
evolution of nonlinear deep-water surface gravity waves with the envelope in the form of a …