Formation of rogue waves and modulational instability with zero-wavenumber gain in multi-component systems with coherent coupling
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Liu, Lei; Sun, Wen-Rong; Malomed, Boris A.
- Source
- Subject
- Nonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and Solitons
- Language
It is known that rogue waves (RWs) are generated by the modulational instability (MI) of the baseband type. Starting with the Bers-Kaup-Reiman system for three-wave resonant interactions, we identify a specific RW-building mechanism based on MI which includes zero wavenumber in the gain band. An essential finding is that this mechanism works solely under a linear relation between the MI gain and a vanishingly small wavenumber of the modulational perturbation. The same mechanism leads to the creation of RWs by MI in other multi-component systems-in particular, in the massive Thirring model.
Comment: To be published in Physical Review Letters