SPATIAL SOLITONS IN NONLINEAR RESONATORS

摘要

We discuss solitons in nonlinear resonators. In particular we discuss the cases of "laser" resonator, laser resonator containing a nonlinear absorber, parametric mixing and semiconductor microresonator. In these resonators the following localized structures (or spatial solitons) exist: vortices, bright solitons, phase solitons, and bright and dark solitons, respectively. We discuss the types of equations to which these systems correspond and report the experimental observations and properties of these different solitons, with extension to three-dimensional structures.