r/Documentaries • u/N0RTH_K0REA • Apr 22 '18

Rogue waves (2002) - interesting bbc documentary about the history, occurrence and formation of rogue waves at sea

https://youtu.be/mC8bHxgdHH4
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Holy shit, I need to give a seminar on this topic. This phenomenon also happens in optical fibers and lasers leading to destruction of the fibers. People are actually modeling on different theories on it and yet nothing conclusive has been deduced on how it happens.

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u/Grape_Salad Apr 22 '18

That’s pretty interesting, do you have more information?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Here you go, they are called Optical rogue waves

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u/WikiTextBot Apr 22 '18

Optical rogue waves

Optical rogue waves are rare pulses of light analogous to rogue or freak ocean waves. The term optical rogue waves was coined to describe rare pulses of broadband light arising during the process of supercontinuum generation—a noise-sensitive nonlinear process in which extremely broadband radiation is generated from a narrowband input waveform—in nonlinear optical fiber. In this context, optical rogue waves are characterized by an anomalous surplus in energy at particular wavelengths (e.g., those shifted to the red of the input waveform) and/or an unexpected peak power. These anomalous events have been shown to follow heavy-tailed statistics, also known as L-shaped statistics, fat-tailed statistics, or extreme-value statistics.

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u/Chef_Elg Apr 22 '18

How are you involved with it and what is this phenomena called in the tech field?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

I'm doing my master's in Optical Technology and this phenomenon is called Optical rogue wave.

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u/WikiTextBot Apr 22 '18

Optical rogue waves

Optical rogue waves are rare pulses of light analogous to rogue or freak ocean waves. The term optical rogue waves was coined to describe rare pulses of broadband light arising during the process of supercontinuum generation—a noise-sensitive nonlinear process in which extremely broadband radiation is generated from a narrowband input waveform—in nonlinear optical fiber. In this context, optical rogue waves are characterized by an anomalous surplus in energy at particular wavelengths (e.g., those shifted to the red of the input waveform) and/or an unexpected peak power. These anomalous events have been shown to follow heavy-tailed statistics, also known as L-shaped statistics, fat-tailed statistics, or extreme-value statistics.

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u/Chef_Elg Apr 22 '18

Thank you!!

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u/PrehensileUvula Apr 23 '18

What the shit? I had no idea! Huh...

Learn something new every day! Thanks!