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Seemann L, Hentschel M. Universality and beyond in Optical Microcavity Billiards with Source-Induced Dynamics. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:95. [PMID: 36673236 PMCID: PMC9858136 DOI: 10.3390/e25010095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Optical microcavity billiards are a paradigm of a mesoscopic model system for quantum chaos. We demonstrate the action and origin of ray-wave correspondence in real and phase space using far-field emission characteristics and Husimi functions. Whereas universality induced by the invariant-measure dominated far-field emission is known to be a feature shaping the properties of many lasing optical microcavities, the situation changes in the presence of sources that we discuss here. We investigate the source-induced dynamics and the resulting limits of universality while we find ray-picture results to remain a useful tool in order to understand the wave behaviour of optical microcavities with sources. We demonstrate the source-induced dynamics in phase space from the source ignition until a stationary regime is reached comparing results from ray, ray-with-phase, and wave simulations and explore ray-wave correspondence.
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Short KM, Morena MA. Signatures of Quantum Mechanics in Chaotic Systems. ENTROPY 2019; 21:e21060618. [PMID: 33267332 PMCID: PMC7515111 DOI: 10.3390/e21060618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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We examine the quantum-classical correspondence from a classical perspective by discussing the potential for chaotic systems to support behaviors normally associated with quantum mechanical systems. Our main analytical tool is a chaotic system’s set of cupolets, which are highly-accurate stabilizations of its unstable periodic orbits. Our discussion is motivated by the bound or entangled states that we have recently detected between interacting chaotic systems, wherein pairs of cupolets are induced into a state of mutually-sustaining stabilization that can be maintained without external controls. This state is known as chaotic entanglement as it has been shown to exhibit several properties consistent with quantum entanglement. For instance, should the interaction be disturbed, the chaotic entanglement would then be broken. In this paper, we further describe chaotic entanglement and go on to address the capacity for chaotic systems to exhibit other characteristics that are conventionally associated with quantum mechanics, namely analogs to wave function collapse, various entropy definitions, the superposition of states, and the measurement problem. In doing so, we argue that these characteristics need not be regarded exclusively as quantum mechanical. We also discuss several characteristics of quantum systems that are not fully compatible with chaotic entanglement and that make quantum entanglement unique.
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- Kevin M. Short
- Integrated Applied Mathematics Program, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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A silica resonator was demonstrated for random laser generation. The resonator consisted of a conventional microsphere fabricated in an optical fiber tip through electric arc discharge, and modifications to its geometry were carried out to create asymmetry inside the silica structure. The resulting Bunimovich stadium-like microsphere promotes multiple reflections with the boundaries, following the stochastic properties of dynamic billiards. The interference of the multiple scattered beams generates a random signal whose intensity was increased by sputter-coating the microstadium with a gold thin film. The random signal is amplified using an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in a ring cavity configuration with feedback, and lasing is identified as temporal and spectral random variations of the signal between consecutive measurements.
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Michel C, Allgaier M, Doya V. Regular modes in a mixed-dynamics-based optical fiber. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:022201. [PMID: 26986325 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.022201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A multimode optical fiber with a truncated transverse cross section acts as a powerful versatile support to investigate the wave features of complex ray dynamics. In this paper, we concentrate on the case of a geometry inducing mixed dynamics. We highlight that regular modes associated with stable periodic orbits present an enhanced spatial intensity localization. We report the statistics of the inverse participation ratio whose features are analogous to those of Anderson localized modes. Our study is supported by both numerical and experimental results on the spatial localization and spectral regularity of the regular modes.
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- C Michel
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7336, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06100 Nice, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7336, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06100 Nice, France
- Integrated Quantum Optics, Applied Physics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 7336, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, 06100 Nice, France
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Revuelta F, Benito RM, Borondo F, Vergini E. Using basis sets of scar functions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 87:042921. [PMID: 23679503 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.042921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present a method to efficiently compute the eigenfunctions of classically chaotic systems. The key point is the definition of a modified Gram-Schmidt procedure which selects the most suitable elements from a basis set of scar functions localized along the shortest periodic orbits of the system. In this way, one benefits from the semiclassical dynamical properties of such functions. The performance of the method is assessed by presenting an application to a quartic two-dimensional oscillator whose classical dynamics are highly chaotic. We have been able to compute the eigenfunctions of the system using a small basis set. An estimate of the basis size is obtained from the mean participation ratio. A thorough analysis of the results using different indicators, such as eigenstate reconstruction in the local representation, scar intensities, participation ratios, and error bounds, is also presented.
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- F Revuelta
- Grupo de Sistemas Complejos and Departamento de Física, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Revuelta F, Vergini EG, Benito RM, Borondo F. Computationally efficient method to construct scar functions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 85:026214. [PMID: 22463306 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.026214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The performance of a simple method [E. L. Sibert III, E. Vergini, R. M. Benito, and F. Borondo, New J. Phys. 10, 053016 (2008)] to efficiently compute scar functions along unstable periodic orbits with complicated trajectories in configuration space is discussed, using a classically chaotic two-dimensional quartic oscillator as an illustration.
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- F Revuelta
- Grupo de Sistemas Complejos and Departamento de Física, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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Aschiéri P, Doya V. Unexpected light behaviour in periodic segmented waveguides. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2011; 21:043118. [PMID: 22225355 DOI: 10.1063/1.3657377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this article, it is shown that multimode periodic segmented waveguides (PSW) are versatile optical systems in which properties of wave chaos can be highlighted. Numerical wave analysis reveals that structures of quantum phase space of PSW are similar to Poincaré sections which display a mixed phase space where stability islands are surrounded by a chaotic sea. Then, unexpected light behavior can occur such as, input gaussian beams do not diverge during the propagation in a highly multimode waveguide.
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- Pierre Aschiéri
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS: UMR6622, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
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Nonnenmacher S, Schenck E. Resonance distribution in open quantum chaotic systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:045202. [PMID: 18999480 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.045202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In order to study the resonance spectra of chaotic cavities subject to some damping (which can be due to absorption or partial reflection at the boundaries), we use a model of damped quantum maps. In the high-frequency limit, the distribution of (quantum) decay rates is shown to cluster near a "typical" value, which is larger than the classical decay rate of the corresponding damped ray dynamics. The speed of this clustering may be quite slow, which could explain why it has not been detected in previous numerical data.
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- S Nonnenmacher
- Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA/DSM/IPhT, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Michel C, Doya V, Legrand O, Mortessagne F. Selective amplification of scars in a chaotic optical fiber. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:224101. [PMID: 18233289 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.224101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this Letter we propose an original mechanism to select scar modes through coherent gain amplification in a multimode D-shaped fiber. More precisely, we demonstrate the selective amplification of scar modes by positioning a gain region in the vicinity of the self-focal point of the shortest periodic orbit in the transverse motion.
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- Claire Michel
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis & CNRS, UMR 6622 06108 Nice cedex 2, France
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Chen CC, Su KW, Lu TH, Liu CC, Chen YF, Huang KF. Generation of two-dimensional chaotic vector fields from a surface-emitting semiconductor laser: analysis of vector singularities. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 76:026219. [PMID: 17930133 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.026219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Revised: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrate experimental generation of two-dimensional (2D) chaotic vector fields from a surface-emitting microcavity laser with precisely control of the operating temperature and the operating current. The 2D optical vector field is found to be formed by frequency locking of two linearly polarized laser modes with different chaotic spatial structures. The eigenfunction expansion method is used to reconstruct the experimental wave function for analyzing the properties of the vector singularities. It is shown that the distribution of vector singularities obeys the sign rule of nearest-neighbor singularities in the phase space of the vector field.
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- C C Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Chen CC, Liu CC, Su KW, Lu TH, Chen YF, Huang KF. Statistical properties of experimental coherent waves in microcavity lasers: analogous study of quantum billiard wave functions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 75:046202. [PMID: 17500973 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.046202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2006] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We use a microcavity laser to explore the properties of experimental coherent waves as an analogous study of the chaotic wave functions in quantum billiards. With the eigenstate expansion method, the experimental high-order chaotic coherent waves are well reconstructed. The reconstructed wave functions are employed to calculate the field and intensity correlations. It is found that the spreading of k-space (momentum space) distribution leads to not only wave localization in coordinate space but also enhancement of long-range correlations.
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- C C Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30050 Taiwan, Republic of China
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Schomerus H, Hentschel M. Correcting ray optics at curved dielectric microresonator interfaces: phase-space unification of Fresnel filtering and the Goos-Hänchen shift. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:243903. [PMID: 16907243 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.243903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We develop an amended ray-optics description for reflection at the curved dielectric interfaces of optical microresonators which improves the agreement with wave optics by about one order of magnitude. The corrections are separated into two contributions of similar magnitude, corresponding to ray displacement in independent quantum-phase-space directions, which can be identified with Fresnel filtering and the Goos-Hänchen shift, respectively. Hence we unify two effects which only have been studied separately in the past.
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- Henning Schomerus
- Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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Dietz B, Heine A, Richter A, Bohigas O, Leboeuf P. Spectral statistics in an open parametric billiard system. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 73:035201. [PMID: 16605589 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.035201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We present experimental results on the eigenfrequency statistics of a superconducting, chaotic microwave billiard containing a rotatable obstacle. Deviations of the spectral fluctuations from predictions based on Gaussian orthogonal ensembles of random matrices are found. They are explained by treating the billiard as an open scattering system in which microwave power is coupled in and out via antennas. To study the interaction of the quantum (or wave) system with its environment, a highly sensitive parametric correlator is used.
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- B Dietz
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstrasse 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Hul O, Savytskyy N, Tymoshchuk O, Bauch S, Sirko L. Investigation of nodal domains in the chaotic microwave ray-splitting rough billiard. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2005; 72:066212. [PMID: 16486045 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.066212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We study experimentally nodal domains of wave functions (electric field distributions) lying in the regime of Shnirelman ergodicity in the chaotic microwave half-circular ray-splitting rough billiard. For this aim the wave functions of the billiard were measured up to the level number . We show that in the regime of Shnirelman ergodicity wave functions of the chaotic half-circular microwave ray-splitting rough billiard are extended over the whole energy surface and the amplitude distributions are Gaussian. For such ergodic wave functions, the dependence of the number of nodal domains on the level number was found. We show that in the limit the least squares fit of the experimental data yields , which is close to the theoretical prediction . We demonstrate that for higher level numbers the variance of the mean number of nodal domains is scattered around the theoretical limit . We also found that the distribution of the areas of nodal domains has power behavior , where the scaling exponent is equal to . This result is in good agreement with the prediction of percolation theory.
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- Oleh Hul
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland
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Chen YF, Lu TH, Su KW, Huang KF. Quantum signatures of nonlinear resonances in mesoscopic systems: efficient extension of localized wave functions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2005; 72:056210. [PMID: 16383730 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.056210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We investigate the quantum signatures of classical nonlinear resonances by making the analytic connection between the quantum wave functions and the classical periodic orbits for the uncoupled systems. It is found that the highly efficient extension of the localized coherent states within the classical caustics is an intriguing phenomenon in mesoscopic systems with nonlinear resonances. With the theoretical analysis, we experimentally demonstrate that the laser resonator with an intracavity saturable absorber can be employed to visualize the wave patterns analogous to the quantum wave functions associated with Fermi resonance.
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- Y F Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Dembowski C, Dietz B, Friedrich T, Gräf HD, Harney HL, Heine A, Miski-Oglu M, Richter A. Distribution of resonance strengths in microwave billiards of mixed and chaotic dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2005; 71:046202. [PMID: 15903765 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.71.046202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A new measure for statistical properties of the wave function components of quantum systems, the distribution of the product of two partial widths, is introduced. It is tested with data obtained in analog experiments with microwave billiards, where the product of two partial widths equals the resonance strengths in the microwave spectra. The billiards are from the family of the Limaçons, one with chaotic and two with mixed classical dynamics. For completely chaotic systems the partial widths generically obey a Porter-Thomas distribution. We show that in this case the distribution of their product equals a K0 distribution. While we find deviations of the experimental strength distribution from the K0 distribution for the billiards with mixed dynamics, the distributions agree perfectly for the chaotic billiard, when taking into account the experimental threshold of detection in the theoretical description. Hence, the strength distribution provides another stringent test for the connection between statistical properties of systems with classical chaotic dynamics and random matrix theory.
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- C Dembowski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Chen YF, Huang KF, Lan YP. Spontaneous transverse patterns in a microchip laser with a frequency-degenerate resonator. OPTICS LETTERS 2003; 28:1811-1813. [PMID: 14514109 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We experimentally observe the formation of high-order transverse patterns in a microchip laser with a high degree of frequency degeneracy. With a doughnut pump profile the spontaneous transverse patterns are well localized in the Lissajous trajectories. The observed transverse patterns are reconstructed with a high degree of accuracy by use of the coherent state of quantum theory. The accurate reconstruction suggests that laser resonators can be designed to obtain a more thorough understanding of the quantum-classical connection.
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- Y F Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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Chen YF, Huang KF, Lai HC, Lan YP. Rules of selection for spontaneous coherent states in mesoscopic systems: using the microcavity laser as an analog study. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2003; 68:026210. [PMID: 14525087 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.026210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The selection rules for spontaneous coherent waves in mesoscopic systems are experimentally studied using the transverse patterns of a microcavity laser and theoretically analyzed using the theory of SU(2) coherent states. Comparison of the experimental results with the theoretical analyses reveals that an amplitude factor A should be included in the representation of the partially coherent states. The determination of the amplitude factor A is found to be associated with the constraint of minimum energy uncertainty.
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- Y F Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 TA Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050.
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Hentschel M, Richter K. Quantum chaos in optical systems: the annular billiard. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 66:056207. [PMID: 12513586 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.056207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study the dielectric annular billiard as a quantum chaotic model of a micro-optical resonator. It differs from conventional billiards with hard-wall boundary conditions in that it is partially open and composed of two dielectric media with different refractive indices. The interplay of reflection and transmission at the different interfaces gives rise to rich dynamics of classical light rays and to a variety of wave phenomena. We study the ray propagation in terms of Poincaré surfaces of section and complement it with full numerical solutions of the corresponding wave equations. We introduce and develop an S-matrix approach to open optical cavities which proves very suitable for the identification of resonances of intermediate width that will be most important in future applications like optical communication devices. We show that the Husimi representation is a useful tool in characterizing resonances and establish the ray-wave correspondence in real and phase space. While the simple ray picture provides a good qualitative description of certain system classes, only the wave description reveals the quantitative details.
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- Martina Hentschel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Chen YF, Huang KF, Lan YP. Localization of wave patterns on classical periodic orbits in a square billiard. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 66:046215. [PMID: 12443307 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.66.046215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The connection between wave functions and classical periodic trajectories in a square billiard is analytically constructed by using the representation of SU(2) coherent states. The analytical function form is modified to show that the wave patterns can be apparently localized on the classical periodic trajectories by superposing a few nearly degenerate eigenfunctions. Based on the analogy between the Schrödinger and Helmholtz equations, the features of wave functions are experimentally studied from the transverse pattern formation in a laterally confined microcavity laser. The experimental transverse pattern in a square-shaped microcavity agrees very well with the constructed wave pattern concentrated along classical periodic orbits.
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- Y F Chen
- Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 TA Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 30050, Taiwan.
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Barth M, Stöckmann HJ. Current and vortex statistics in microwave billiards. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:066208. [PMID: 12188816 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.066208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2001] [Revised: 03/11/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Using the one-to-one correspondence between the Poynting vector in a microwave billiard and the probability current density in the corresponding quantum system, probability densities and currents were studied in a microwave billiard with a ferrite insert as well as in an open billiard. Distribution functions were obtained for probability densities, currents, and vorticities. In addition, the vortex pair correlation function could be extracted. For all studied quantities a complete agreement with the predictions from the approach using a random superposition of plane waves was obtained.
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- Michael Barth
- Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 5, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Doya V, Legrand O, Mortessagne F, Miniatura C. Speckle statistics in a chaotic multimode fiber. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:056223. [PMID: 12059696 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.056223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wave chaos is devoted to the study of wave motion when the geometrical limit of rays is chaotic. Imprints of ray chaos may be found either in spectral and spatial properties of modes or in spatio-temporal evolution of wave packets. In this paper, we present a thorough experimental and theoretical analysis of field statistics for light propagating in a multimode fiber with a noncircular cross section. This optical fiber serves as a powerful tool to image waves in a system where light rays exhibit a chaotic dynamics. We show that, in the speckle regime, the experimentally measured statistical properties of intensity patterns are well accounted for by a "random Gaussian" hypothesis. A comparison is also made in the case of regular ray motion by using a circular optical fiber. Possible extensions and applications of the tools and concepts of wave chaos are mentioned in modern communication technology.
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- Valérie Doya
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, CNRS UMR 6622, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 06108 Nice, France
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