A breather soliton solution of the higher-order Hirota equation is given under the integrable condition, and the rogue solution of Hirota equation is obtained on the basis of the breather soliton solutions, which is helpful to understand the characteristics and the physical reason of rogue wave. The excitation of rogue wave is studied by a cw and periodic perturbation or a Gaussian type perturbation. As an example, by distribution Fourier method, the transmission characteristics of rogue wave is studied with considering the frequency shift and the Raman gain, and the effects of the frequency shift and Raman gain on the interaction between rogue waves are also analyzed.