We review the properties of optical spatial dissipative solitons (SDS). These are stable, self‐
localized optical excitations sitting on a uniform, or quasi‐uniform, background in a …

Guiding graduate students and researchers through the complex world of laser physics and
nonlinear optics, this book provides an in-depth exploration of the dynamics of lasers and …

We report on experimental observation of localized structures in two mutually coupled broad-
area semiconductor resonators, one of which acts as a saturable absorber. These structures …

We review advances on the experimental study of cavity solitons in VCSELs in the past
decade. We emphasize on the design and fabrication of electrically or optically pumped …

We present experimental measurements concerning the response of an excitable micropillar
laser with saturable absorber to incoherent as well as coherent perturbations. The excitable …

We study extreme events occurring in the transverse (x, y) section of the field emitted by a
broad-area semiconductor laser with a saturable absorber. The spatiotemporal events on …

We present recent experimental results on the control and dynamics of cavity solitons in a
monolithic, vertical cavity surface emitting laser with saturable absorber. On one hand, the …

Through numerical simulations, statistical and dynamical properties of extreme events in a
broad-area semiconductor laser with intracavity saturable absorber are investigated. By …

We show the spontaneous and controlled formation of bistable and localized laser spots in
the transverse section of a monolithic vertical cavity laser with a saturable absorber …

We show that in a cavity soliton laser based on a VCSEL with a saturable absorber the
solitons can spontaneously move if the ratio of the carrier lifetimes in the amplifier and in the …