Bludov, Yuliy V.Konotop, Vladimir V.Akhmediev, Nail2016-05-302016-05-300146-9592http://hdl.handle.net/1885/101755In an array of nonlinear waveguides, a giant compression of the input beam can be achieved by exciting a rogue wave. Input field almost homogeneously distributed over hundreds of waveguides concentrates practically all the energy into a single waveguide at the output plane of the structure. We determine the required input profile of the electric field to achieve this. We illustrate the phenomenon by modeling the array by direct numerical simulations of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation.Y. V. B. acknowledges partial support from the Fundação para a Ciência ea Tecnologia, grant SFRH/ PD/20292/2004. The work of N. A. is supported by the Australian Research Council (Discovery Project DP0985394).3 pages© 2009 Optical Society of AmericanonlinearwaveguideroguewaveinputbeamfieldSchrödingerequation2009-10-0110.1364/OL.34.003015