Over a decade ago, an analogy was drawn between the generation of large ocean waves
and the propagation of light fields in optical fibres. This analogy drove numerous …

Observing non-repetitive and statistically rare signals that occur on short timescales requires
fast real-time measurements that exceed the speed, precision and record length of …

Dissipative solitons are remarkably localized states of a physical system that arise from the
dynamical balance between nonlinearity, dispersion and environmental energy exchange …

Optical rogue waves are rare, extreme fluctuations in the value of an optical field. The
term'optical rogue wave'was first used in the context of an analogy between pulse …

Dissipative solitons are self-localized coherent structures arising from the balance between
energy supply and dissipation. Besides stationary dissipative solitons, there are dynamical …

Nanotubes and graphene have emerged as promising materials for use in ultrafast fibre
lasers. Their unique electrical and optical properties enable them to be used as saturable …

Controlling the coherence of chaotic soliton bunch holds the promise to explore novel light-
matter interactions and manipulate dynamic events such as rogue waves. However, the …

Graphene-like two dimensional materials, such as WS2 and MoS2, are highly anisotropic
layered compounds that have attracted growing interest from basic research to practical …

Multimode fiber (MMF) lasers are emerging as a remarkable testbed to study nonlinear
spatiotemporal physics with potential applications spanning from high energy pulse …

The pioneering paper'Optical rogue waves' by Solli et al (2007 Nature 450 1054) started the
new subfield in optics. This work launched a great deal of activity on this novel subject. As a …