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Nonlinear waves, modulations and rogue waves in the modular Korteweg–de Vries equation
Effects of nonlinear dynamics of solitary waves and wave modulations within the
modular (also known as quadratically cubic) Korteweg–de Vries equation are studied
analytically and numerically. Large wave events can occur in the course of interaction
between solitons of different signs. Stable and unstable (finite-time-lived) breathers can
be generated in inelastic collisions of solitons and from perturbations of two polarities. A
nonlinear evolution equation on long modulations of quasi-sinusoidal waves is derived,
which is the modular or quadratically cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Its solutions
in the form of envelope solitons describe breathers of the modular Korteweg–de Vries
equation. The instability conditions are obtained from the linear stability analysis of
periodic wave perturbations. Rogue-wave-type solutions emerging due to the modulational
instability in the modular Korteweg–de Vries equation are simulated numerically.
They exhibit similar wave amplification, but develop faster than in the Benjamin–Feir
instability described by the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation.