title: Extreme soliton pulsations in dissipative systems.
abstract: We have found a strongly pulsating regime of dissipative solitons in the laser model described by the complex cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau equation. The pulse energy within each period of pulsations may change more than two orders of magnitude. The soliton spectra in this regime also experience large variations. Period doubling phenomena and chaotic behaviors are observed in the boundaries of existence of these pulsating solutions.
authors.affiliation: Optical Sciences Group, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Wonkeun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Óptica, C.S.I.C., Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soto-Crespo
authors.affiliation: Optical Sciences Group, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vouzas
authors.affiliation: Optical Sciences Group, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akhmediev