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

Mode-locked fibre lasers are important sources of ultrashort pulses, where stable pulse
generation is achieved through a balance of periodic amplitude and phase evolutions. A …

Q switching (QS) and mode locking (ML) are the two main techniques enabling generation
of ultrashort pulses. Here, we report the first observation of pulse evolution and dynamics in …

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 …

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 …

Harnessing pulse generation from an ultrafast laser is a challenging task as reaching a
specific mode‐locked regime generally involves adjusting multiple control parameters, in …

Breathing solitons are nonlinear waves in which the energy concentrates in a localized and
oscillatory fashion. Similarly to stationary solitons, breathers in dissipative systems can form …

Real-time spectroscopy based on an emerging time-stretch technique can map the spectral
information of optical waves into the time domain, opening several fascinating explorations …

Since the 1960s, the Benjamin-Feir (or modulation) instability (MI) has been considered as
the self-modulation of the continuous “envelope waves” with respect to small periodic …