Rogue waves in a reverse space nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

Rogue waves in a reverse space nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with real and parity-symmetric nonlinearity-induced potential are considered. This equation has clear physical meanings since it can be derived from the Manakov system with a special reduction. The $N$-fold Darboux transformation and its generalized form for the nonlocal NLS equation are constructed. As an application, the multiparametric $N$th-order rogue wave solution in terms of Schur polynomials for the nonlocal NLS equation with focusing case is derived by the limit technique. The significant differences of rogue wave dynamics between the nonlocal NLS equation and its usual (local) counterpart are illustrated through two types of specific rogue wave solutions. Unlike the eye-shaped (Peregrine type) rogue waves, the rogue wave doublets which involve an eye-shaped rogue wave and a dark/four-petaled rogue wave merging or separating with each other, and the rogue wave sextets that are characterized by the superpositions of three eye-shaped rogue waves and three dark/four-petaled rogue waves with fundamental, triangular and quadrilateral patterns are shown. Moreover, some wave characteristics including the difference between the light intensity and the plane-wave background, and the pulse energy of the rogue wave doublets are discussed.