We review advances on the experimental study of cavity solitons in VCSELs in the past decade. We emphasize on the design\r\nand fabrication of electrically or optically pumped broad-area VCSELs used for CSs formation and review different experimental\r\nconfigurations. Potential applications of CSs in the field of photonics are discussed, in particular the use of CSs for all-optical\r\nprocessing of information and for VCSELs characterization. Prospects on self-localization studies based on vertical cavity devices\r\ninvolving new physical mechanisms are also given.
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