S.K. Turitsyna,b,
N.N. Rozanovc,d,
I.A. Yarutkinaa,e,
A.E. Bednyakovaa,e,
S.V. Fedorovd,
O.V. Shtyrinaa,e,
M.P. Fedoruka,e aNovosibirsk State University, ul. Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation bAston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom cS I Vavilov State Optical Institute, Birzhevaya liniya 12, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation dITMO University, Kronverksky Pr. 49, bldg. A, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russian Federation eInstitute of Computational Technologies of SB RAS, prosp. Akad. Lavrenteva 6, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
Dissipative solitons (also known as auto-solitons) are stable, nonlinear, time- or space-localized solitary waves which occur due to balance between energy excitation and dissipation. This paper reviews the theory of dissipative solitons as applied to fiber laser systems. The discussion context includes the classical Ginzburg—Landau and Maxwell—Bloch equations and their modifications allowing the description of laser-resonator-produced waves. Practical examples of laser systems generating dissipative solitons are discussed.
@article{Turitsyn:2016,author = {S. K. Turitsyn and N. N. Rozanov and I. A. Yarutkina and A. E. Bednyakova and S. V. Fedorov and O. V. Shtyrina and M. P. Fedoruk},title = {Dissipative solitons in fiber lasers},publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},year = {2016},journal = {Phys. Usp.},volume = {59},number = {7},pages = {642-668},url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2016/7/b/},doi = {10.3367/UFNe.2015.12.037674}}
Received: 23rd, November 2015, accepted: 23rd, December 2015