Rogue Wave Spectra of the Kundu-Eckhaus Equation

TL;DR

This study investigates the spectral characteristics of rogue waves in the Kundu-Eckhaus equation, revealing unique asymmetries and early warning indicators that differ from the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, with implications for wave prediction.

Contribution

It provides a detailed spectral analysis of rogue waves in the Kundu-Eckhaus equation and compares these features with the NLSE, highlighting novel early warning spectral signatures.

Findings

Rogue wave spectra in KEE differ significantly from NLSE analogs.

Triangular spectra develop earlier in KEE, especially at larger skew angles.

Spectral asymmetry increases with rogue wave skewness.

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the rogue wave spectra of the Kundu-Eckhaus equation (KEE). We compare our findings with their nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) analogs and show that the spectra of the individual rogue waves significantly differ from their NLSE analogs. A remarkable difference is the one-sided development of the triangular spectrum before the rogue wave becomes evident in time. Also we show that increasing the skewness of the rogue wave results in increased asymmetry in the triangular Fourier spectra. Additionally, the triangular spectra of the rogue waves of the KEE begin to develop at earlier stages of the their development compared to their NLSE analogs, especially for larger skew angles. This feature may be used to enhance the early warning times of the rogue waves. However we show that in a chaotic wavefield with many spectral components the triangular spectra remains as the main attribute as a universal feature of the typical wavefields produced through modulation instability and characteristic features of the KEE's analytical rogue wave spectra may be suppressed in a realistic chaotic wavefield.