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Dissipative solitons in fiber lasers

S. K. Turitsyn^ab, N. N. Rosanov^cd, I. A. Yarutkina^ea, A. E. Bednyakova^ea, S. V. Fedorov^cd, O. V. Shtyrina^ea, M. P. Fedoruk<sup>ea

a</sup> Novosibirsk State University
^b Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Birmingham
^c St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
^d Joint Stock Company "Vavilov State Optical Institute", St. Petersburg
^e Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: Dissipative solitons (also known as auto-solitons) are stable, nonlinear, time- or space-localized solitary waves that occur due to the balance between energy excitation and dissipation. We review the theory of dissipative solitons applied to fiber laser systems. The discussion context includes the classical Ginzburg–Landau and Maxwell–Bloch equations and their modifications that allow describing laser-cavity-produced waves. Practical examples of laser systems generating dissipative solitons are discussed.

Keywords: dissipative solitons, optical solitons, fiber lasers, mode-locked lasers, generation of short pulses.

PACS: 05.45.Yv, 42.55.-f, 42.55.Ah, 42.55.Wd, 42.60.Fc, 42.65.Tg, 42.81.Dp

Received: November 23, 2015
Accepted: December 23, 2015

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2015.12.037674

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2016, 59:7, 642–668

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