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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
