Rogue waves emerging from the resonant interaction of three waves

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Sep 13;111(11):114101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.114101. Epub 2013 Sep 13.

Abstract

We introduce a novel family of analytic solutions of the three-wave resonant interaction equations for the purpose of modeling unique events, i.e., "amplitude peaks" which are isolated in space and time. The description of these solutions is likely to be a crucial step in the understanding and forecasting of rogue waves in a variety of multicomponent wave dynamics, from oceanography to optics and from plasma physics to acoustics.