03563nam 22006495 450 991025461760332120200701140107.03-319-41225-610.1007/978-3-319-41225-2(CKB)3710000000765461(DE-He213)978-3-319-41225-2(MiAaPQ)EBC4602941(PPN)194513408(EXLCZ)99371000000076546120160720d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStatistical Physics of Wave Interactions A Unified Approach to Mode-Locking and Random Lasers /by Fabrizio Antenucci1st ed. 2016.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2016.1 online resource (XIV, 146 p. 44 illus., 24 illus. in color.) Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-50533-319-41224-8 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Multimode Laser Theory for Open Cavities -- Analytic Solution of the narrow-bandwidth model -- Beyond Mean Field - Mode Locked lasers -- Conclusions and Perspectives. .This thesis reveals the utility of pursuing a statistical physics approach in the description of wave interactions in multimode optical systems. To that end, the appropriate Hamiltonian models are derived and their limits of applicability are discussed. The versatility of the framework allows the characterization of ordered and disordered lasers in open and closed cavities in a unified scheme, from standard mode-locking to random lasers. With the use of replica method and Monte Carlo simulations, the models are categorized on the basis of universal properties, and nontrivial predictions of experimental relevance are obtained. In particular, the approach makes it possible to nonperturbatively treat the interplay between disorder and nonlinearity and to envisage novel and fascinating physical phenomena such as glassy random lasers, providing a novel way to experimentally investigate replica symmetry breaking. .Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Quantum opticsLasersPhotonicsStatistical physicsDynamical systemsQuantum Opticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24050Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Deviceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31030Complex Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33000Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19090Quantum optics.Lasers.Photonics.Statistical physics.Dynamical systems.Quantum Optics.Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.Complex Systems.Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.530.1595Antenucci Fabrizioauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut814108MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254617603321Statistical Physics of Wave Interactions2536248UNINA