Abstract This Review Article provides an overview of chaos in laser diodes by surveying
experimental achievements in the area and explaining the theory behind the phenomenon …

Random fiber lasers blend together attractive features of traditional random lasers, such as
low cost and simplicity of fabrication, with high-performance characteristics of conventional …

Multimode fibres are of interest for next-generation telecommunications systems and the
construction of high-energy fibre lasers. However, relatively little work has explored …

Soliton explosions are among the most exotic dissipative phenomena studied in mode-
locked lasers. In this regime, a dissipative soliton circulating in the laser cavity experiences …

We report optical experiments allowing us to investigate integrable turbulence in the
focusing regime of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (1D NLSE). In …

We study the existence and properties of rogue-wave solutions in different nonlinear wave
evolution models that are commonly used in optics and hydrodynamics. In particular, we …

We analyze the quintic integrable equation of the nonlinear Schrödinger hierarchy that
includes fifth-order dispersion with matching higher-order nonlinear terms. We show that a …

Modulation instability is thoroughly investigated and a simple analytical model for its power
critically modifying the wave properties in terms of system parameters is derived and …

Physical systems with co-existence and interplay of processes featuring distinct spatio-
temporal scales are found in various research areas ranging from studies of brain activity to …

The nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is a seminal equation of nonlinear physics
describing wave packet evolution in weakly-nonlinear dispersive media. The NLSE is …