On the characterization of breather and rogue wave solutions of an inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract: We construct breather and rogue wave solutions of a variable coefficient nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an external linear potential. This generalized model describes the nonlinear wave propagation in an inhomogeneous plasma/medium. We derive several localized solutions including Ma breather, Akhmediev breather, two-breather and rogue wave solutions of this model and show how the inhomogeneity of space modifies the shape and orientation of these localized structures. We also depict the trajectories of the inhomogeneous rogue wave. Our results may be useful for controlling plasmonic energy along the plasma surface.