Observation of modulation instability and rogue breathers on stationary periodic waves
Observation of modulation instability and rogue breathers on stationary periodic waves
We present both theoretical description and experimental observation of the modulation instability process and related rogue breathers in the case of stationary periodic background waves, namely cnoidal and dnoidal envelopes. Despite being well-known solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, the stability of such background waves has remained unexplored experimentally until …