Introduction Ultrashort Pulse and Multi-Bound Solitons Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers as Soliton and Multi-Bound Soliton Generators Nonlinear Effects and Higher-Order Spectral Analyses Motivation and Objectives of the Book Chapters Organization of the Chapters References Generations of Solitons in Optical Fiber Ring Resonators Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations Optical Solitons Generation of Solitons Using Nonlinear Optical Fiber Ring Resonators Actively FM Mode-Locked Fiber Rings: An Experiment Simulation of Actively FM Mode-Locked Fiber Laser Concluding Remarks References Multi-Bound Solitons: Fundamentals and Generations Introductory Remarks Bound Solitons by Passive Mode-Locking Bound Solitons by Active Mode-Locking Relative Phase Difference of Multi-Bound Solitons Multi-Bound and Saddle Solitons: Experimental Observations Concluding Remarks References Multi-Bound Solitons under Carrier Phase Modulation Electro-Optic Phase Modulators Characterization Measurements Comb Spectrum in Actively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Resonator Incorporating Phase Modulator Influence of Phase Modulator on Multi-Bound Solitons Concluding Remarks References Bound-Soliton Bispectra and Nonlinear Photonic Signal Processing Bispectrum of Multi-Bound Solitons Third-Order Nonlinearity Four-Wave Mixing for Photonic Signal Processing Applications of FWM in Photonic Signal Processing Concluding Remarks References Solitons and Multi-Bound Solitons in Passive Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Introductory Remarks Soliton Generation by Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Dynamics in Dual-Polarization Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Deterministic Dynamics in Fiber Lasers: Simulation Cavity-Induced Soliton Modulation Instability Effect Multisoliton Formation and Soliton Energy Quantization in Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Multirate Multiplication Soliton Fiber Ring and Nonlinear Loop Lasers Introduction Active Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser by Rational Harmonic Detuning Repetition-Rate Multiplication Ring Laser Using Temporal Diffraction Effects Bistability, Bifurcation, and Chaos in Nonlinear Loop Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Optical Multisoliton Transmission Introduction Fundamentals of Nonlinear Propagation Theory Numerical Approach Fundamental and Higher-Order Solitons Interaction of Fundamental Solitons Soliton Pulse Transmission Systems and ISM Interaction between Two Solitons in an Optical Fiber Generation and Transmission of Multi-Bound Solitons: Experiments References Concluding Remarks References Appendix A: Generic Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Dynamics Introductory Remarks Nonlinear Systems: Phase Spaces and Dynamical States Bifurcation Chaos Concluding Remarks References Appendix B: Derivation of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLSE) Wave Equation in Nonlinear Optics Generalized Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation Appendix C: Calculation Procedures of Triple Correlation and Bispectrum with Examples Triple Correlation and Bispectrum Estimation Properties of Bispectrum Bispectrum of Optical Pulse Propagation Reference Appendix D: Simulink Models MATLAB® and Simulink® Modeling Platforms Wavelength Converter in WDM System Nonlinear Phase Conjugation for Mid-Link Spectral Inversion Pulse Generator OTDM Demultiplexer Triple Correlation Reference Appendix E: Optical Waveguides Overview Optical Fiber: General Properties Signal Propagation in Optical Fibers Transfer Function of Single Mode Fibers Fiber Nonlinearity Numerical Solution: Split-Step Fourier Method References > Multi-Bound Solitons: Fundamentals and Generations Introductory Remarks Bound Solitons by Passive Mode-Locking Bound Solitons by Active Mode-Locking Relative Phase Difference of Multi-Bound Solitons Multi-Bound and Saddle Solitons: Experimental Observations Concluding Remarks References Multi-Bound Solitons under Carrier Phase Modulation Electro-Optic Phase Modulators Characterization Measurements Comb Spectrum in Actively Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Resonator Incorporating Phase Modulator Influence of Phase Modulator on Multi-Bound Solitons Concluding Remarks References Bound-Soliton Bispectra and Nonlinear Photonic Signal Processing Bispectrum of Multi-Bound Solitons Third-Order Nonlinearity Four-Wave Mixing for Photonic Signal Processing Applications of FWM in Photonic Signal Processing Concluding Remarks References Solitons and Multi-Bound Solitons in Passive Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Introductory Remarks Soliton Generation by Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Dynamics in Dual-Polarization Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Deterministic Dynamics in Fiber Lasers: Simulation Cavity-Induced Soliton Modulation Instability Effect Multisoliton Formation and Soliton Energy Quantization in Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Multirate Multiplication Soliton Fiber Ring and Nonlinear Loop Lasers Introduction Active Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser by Rational Harmonic Detuning Repetition-Rate Multiplication Ring Laser Using Temporal Diffraction Effects Bistability, Bifurcation, and Chaos in Nonlinear Loop Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Optical Multisoliton Transmission Introduction Fundamentals of Nonlinear Propagation Theory Numerical Approach Fundamental and Higher-Order Solitons Interaction of Fundamental Solitons Soliton Pulse Transmission Systems and ISM Interaction between Two Solitons in an Optical Fiber Generation and Transmission of Multi-Bound Solitons: Experiments References Concluding Remarks References Appendix A: Generic Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Dynamics Introductory Remarks Nonlinear Systems: Phase Spaces and Dynamical States Bifurcation Chaos Concluding Remarks References Appendix B: Derivation of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLSE) Wave Equation in Nonlinear Optics Generalized Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation Appendix C: Calculation Procedures of Triple Correlation and Bispectrum with Examples Triple Correlation and Bispectrum Estimation Properties of Bispectrum Bispectrum of Optical Pulse Propagation Reference Appendix D: Simulink Models MATLAB® and Simulink® Modeling Platforms Wavelength Converter in WDM System Nonlinear Phase Conjugation for Mid-Link Spectral Inversion Pulse Generator OTDM Demultiplexer Triple Correlation Reference Appendix E: Optical Waveguides Overview Optical Fiber: General Properties Signal Propagation in Optical Fibers Transfer Function of Single Mode Fibers Fiber Nonlinearity Numerical Solution: Split-Step Fourier Method References ;B> Bound-Soliton Bispectra and Nonlinear Photonic Signal Processing Bispectrum of Multi-Bound Solitons Third-Order Nonlinearity Four-Wave Mixing for Photonic Signal Processing Applications of FWM in Photonic Signal Processing Concluding Remarks References Solitons and Multi-Bound Solitons in Passive Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Introductory Remarks Soliton Generation by Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Dynamics in Dual-Polarization Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Soliton Deterministic Dynamics in Fiber Lasers: Simulation Cavity-Induced Soliton Modulation Instability Effect Multisoliton Formation and Soliton Energy Quantization in Passively Mode-Locked Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Multirate Multiplication Soliton Fiber Ring and Nonlinear Loop Lasers Introduction Active Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Laser by Rational Harmonic Detuning Repetition-Rate Multiplication Ring Laser Using Temporal Diffraction Effects Bistability, Bifurcation, and Chaos in Nonlinear Loop Fiber Lasers Concluding Remarks References Optical Multisoliton Transmission Introduction Fundamentals of Nonlinear Propagation Theory Numerical Approach Fundamental and Higher-Order Solitons Interaction of Fundamental Solitons Soliton Pulse Transmission Systems and ISM Interaction between Two Solitons in an Optical Fiber Generation and Transmission of Multi-Bound Solitons: Experiments References Concluding Remarks References Appendix A: Generic Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Dynamics Introductory Remarks Nonlinear Systems: Phase Spaces and Dynamical States Bifurcation Chaos Concluding Remarks References Appendix B: Derivation of the N.