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 …

Real‐time investigation in mode‐locked fiber lasers (MLFLs) is important to understand the
ultrafast dynamics before, during, and after the formation of stable laser pulses. However …

Pulsation is a universal phenomenon that exists in diverse fields. For nonlinear optics, the
soliton pulsating behavior can be meaningful for fundamental physics and industrial …

Solitons, the distinct balance between nonlinearity and dispersion, provide a route toward
ultrafast electromagnetic pulse shaping, high-harmonic generation, real-time image …

Particle-like structures of solitons, as a result of the balance between dispersion and
nonlinearity, enable remarkable elastic and inelastic soliton collisions in many fields …

The evolution of soliton molecules emphasizes the complex soliton dynamics akin to matter
molecules. Beyond the simplest soliton molecule—a soliton pair constituted by two bound …

Creeping solitons, which belong to the class of pulsating solitons, can be meaningful for
fundamental physics owing to their fruitful nonlinear dynamics. Their characteristics in mode …

Pulsating behavior is a universal phenomenon in versatile fields. In nonlinear dissipative
systems, the solitons also pulsate under proper conditions and show many interesting …

As one of the most striking localized structures in dissipative systems, pulsating soliton has
been widely studied in theory but rarely observed in experiments. Here, three typical types of …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) can work as excellent saturable absorber (SA) due to its
advantages of fast recovery, low saturation intensity, polarization insensitivity, deep …