Experimental observation of rogue-waves in a system of dissipative self-induced transparency solitons in a Ti:sapphire laser

Abstract

This work reports the observation of rogue waves in a Ti: sapphire laser containing a coherent absorber cell with Rb and Cs vapors. Extreme events were observed with an interval of one to ten seconds when several dissipative self-induced transparency solitons could be simultaneously present in the cavity. An extremely rare event was the fusion of solitons into one.