title: Dissipation-induced coherent structures in Bose-Einstein condensates.
abstract: We discuss how to engineer the phase and amplitude of a complex order parameter using localized dissipative perturbations. Our results are applied to generate and control various types of atomic nonlinear matter waves (solitons) by means of localized dissipative defects.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Complexo Interdisciplinar, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto 2, Lisboa 1649-003, Portugal.
authors.forename: Valeriy A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Brazhnyi
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Konotop
authors.forename: Víctor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Pérez-García
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ott