Observation of replica symmetry breaking in disordered nonlinear wave propagation

oleh: Davide Pierangeli, Andrea Tavani, Fabrizio Di Mei, Aharon J. Agranat, Claudio Conti, Eugenio DelRe

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

Replica symmetry breaking describes identical copies of a randomly interacting system exhibiting different dynamics. Here, Pierangeli et al. observe this critical phenomenon in the optical wave propagation inside a disordered nonlinear waveguide.