Midband dissipative spatial solitons.
We show dissipative spatial solitons in nonlinear optical microresonators in which the refractive index is laterally modulated. In addition to "normal" and "staggered" dissipative solitons, similar to those in spatially modulated conservative systems, a narrow "midband" soliton is shown, having no counterparts in conservative systems.
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