Phase transitions in Wick-rotated~ PT-symmetric optics

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.05.008MaRDI QIDQ527732zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Longhi

Publication date 12 May 2017

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.2104

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathcal{PT}\) symmetry breakingcoupled oscillatorsdynamic laser instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Quantum optics (81V80)

Abstract: $mathcalPT$-symmetric models with a Wick rotation of time ($tightarrowpmit$) show spectral phase transitions that are similar to those of dissipative systems driven out of equilibrium. Optics can provide an accessible test bed to explore spectral phase transitions of Wick-rotated $mathcalPT$-symmetric models. This is shown by considering the transverse dynamics of laser light in optical cavities with variable reflectivity and tilted mirrors. As examples, we discuss in details the optical analogue of the hydrodynamic Squire model of vorticity and the Wick-rotated $mathcalPT$-symmetric nonlinear dimer model.

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