Rogue waves for the fourth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the periodic background.

In this paper, we construct rogue wave solutions on the periodic background for the fourth-order nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. First, we consider two types of the Jacobi elliptic function solutions, i.e., dn- and cn-function solutions. Both dn- and cn-periodic waves are modulationally unstable with respect to the long-wave perturbations. Second, on the background of both periodic waves, we derive rogue wave solutions by combining the method of nonlinearization of spectral problem with the Darboux transformation method. Furthermore, by the study of the dynamics of rogue waves, we find that they have the analogs in the standard NLS equation, and the higher-order effects do not have effect on the magnification factor of rogue waves. In addition, when the elliptic modulus approaches 1, rogue wave solutions can reduce to multi-pole soliton solutions in which the interacting solitons form weakly bound states.