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 …

Understanding the phenomenon of rogue wave formation, often called extreme waves, in
diverse branches of nonlinear science has become one of the most attractive domains …

We show that a monolithic and compact vertical cavity laser with intracavity saturable
absorber can emit short excitable pulses. These calibrated optical pulses can be excited as …

We review experimental and theoretical results on the computing properties of single spiking
micropillar lasers and present numerical studies of propagation and computing in chains of …

The realization of a cavity soliton laser using a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor
gain structure coupled to an external cavity with a frequency-selective element is reported …

Extreme events such as rogue waves in optics and fluids are often associated with the
merging dynamics of coherent structures. We present experimental and numerical results on …

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 …

The occurrence of extreme events in a spatially extended microcavity laser has been
recently reported [Selmi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 013901 (2016) PRLTAO 0031-9007 …