DocumentCode
2264017
Title
Demonstration of statistical mechanics phase transitions with arrays of thousands of coherent lasers
Author
Ronen, Eitan ; Nixon, Micha ; Friesem, Asher A. ; Davidson, Nir
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Thousands of coherent lasers are phased locked by global and local coupling in order to demonstrate first and second order phase transitions. The measured and calculated phase distribution reveals similar behavior to XY spin model.
Keywords
laser arrays; laser beams; light coherence; phase transformations; photonic crystals; statistical mechanics; XY spin model; arrays; coherent lasers; global coupling; local coupling; phase distribution; phase transitions; phased locked; statistical mechanics; Couplings; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Lattices; Measurement by laser beam; Phased arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951638
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