Glassy behavior of light

被引：80

作者：

Angelani, L ^{[1
]}

Conti, C

Ruocco, G

Zamponi, F

机构：

[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Res Ctr, SMC, CNR,INFM, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[2] Ctr Studi & Ric Enrico Fermi, I-00184 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Roma La Sapienza, INFM, CNR, Res Ctr Soft, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[4] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2006年 / 96卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.065702

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We study the nonlinear dynamics of a multimode random laser using the methods of statistical physics of disordered systems. A replica-symmetry breaking phase transition is predicted as a function of the pump intensity. We thus show that light propagating in a random nonlinear medium displays glassy behavior; i.e., the photon gas has a multitude of metastable states and a nonvanishing complexity, corresponding to mode-locking processes in random lasers. The present work reveals the existence of new physical phenomena, and demonstrates how nonlinear optics and random lasers can be a benchmark for the modern theory of complex systems and glasses.

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