Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation

Davide Pierangeli; Andrea Tavani; Fabrizio Di Mei; Giulia Marcucci; Aharon J. Agranat; Eugenio Del Re; Claudio Conti

doi:10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1

Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation

Davide Pierangeli^*, Andrea Tavani, Fabrizio Di Mei, Giulia Marcucci, Aharon J. Agranat, Eugenio Del Re, Claudio Conti

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Institute of Applied Physics

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

A landmark of statistical mechanics, spin-glass theory describes critical phenomena in disordered systems that range from condensed matter to biophysics and social dynamics. The most fascinating concept is the breaking of replica symmetry: identical copies of the randomly interacting system that manifest completely different dynamics. Replica symmetry breaking has been predicted in nonlinear wave propagation, including Bose-Einstein condensates and optics, but never observed. Here, we report the experimental evidence of replica symmetry breaking in optical wave propagation The findings demonstrate that nonlinear propagation can manifest features typical of spin-glasses and provide a novel platform for testing so-far unexplored fundamental physical theories for complex systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781943580439
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1
State	Published - 2018
Event	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018 - Zurich, Switzerland Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 5 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F108-NP 2018
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

Conference

Conference	Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zurich
Period	2/07/18 → 5/07/18

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).

Access to Document

10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1

Cite this

@inproceedings{115a66b569064834b939a65cb1a7e8a1,

title = "Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation",

abstract = "A landmark of statistical mechanics, spin-glass theory describes critical phenomena in disordered systems that range from condensed matter to biophysics and social dynamics. The most fascinating concept is the breaking of replica symmetry: identical copies of the randomly interacting system that manifest completely different dynamics. Replica symmetry breaking has been predicted in nonlinear wave propagation, including Bose-Einstein condensates and optics, but never observed. Here, we report the experimental evidence of replica symmetry breaking in optical wave propagation The findings demonstrate that nonlinear propagation can manifest features typical of spin-glasses and provide a novel platform for testing so-far unexplored fundamental physical theories for complex systems.",

author = "Davide Pierangeli and Andrea Tavani and {Di Mei}, Fabrizio and Giulia Marcucci and Agranat, {Aharon J.} and {Del Re}, Eugenio and Claudio Conti",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s).; Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018 ; Conference date: 02-07-2018 Through 05-07-2018",

year = "2018",

doi = "10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1",

language = "אנגלית",

isbn = "9781943580439",

series = "Optics InfoBase Conference Papers",

publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",

booktitle = "Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018",

}

Pierangeli, D, Tavani, A, Di Mei, F, Marcucci, G, Agranat, AJ, Del Re, E & Conti, C 2018, Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation. in Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F108-NP 2018, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018, Zurich, Switzerland, 2/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1

TY - GEN

T1 - Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation

AU - Pierangeli, Davide

AU - Tavani, Andrea

AU - Di Mei, Fabrizio

AU - Marcucci, Giulia

AU - Agranat, Aharon J.

AU - Del Re, Eugenio

AU - Conti, Claudio

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - A landmark of statistical mechanics, spin-glass theory describes critical phenomena in disordered systems that range from condensed matter to biophysics and social dynamics. The most fascinating concept is the breaking of replica symmetry: identical copies of the randomly interacting system that manifest completely different dynamics. Replica symmetry breaking has been predicted in nonlinear wave propagation, including Bose-Einstein condensates and optics, but never observed. Here, we report the experimental evidence of replica symmetry breaking in optical wave propagation The findings demonstrate that nonlinear propagation can manifest features typical of spin-glasses and provide a novel platform for testing so-far unexplored fundamental physical theories for complex systems.

AB - A landmark of statistical mechanics, spin-glass theory describes critical phenomena in disordered systems that range from condensed matter to biophysics and social dynamics. The most fascinating concept is the breaking of replica symmetry: identical copies of the randomly interacting system that manifest completely different dynamics. Replica symmetry breaking has been predicted in nonlinear wave propagation, including Bose-Einstein condensates and optics, but never observed. Here, we report the experimental evidence of replica symmetry breaking in optical wave propagation The findings demonstrate that nonlinear propagation can manifest features typical of spin-glasses and provide a novel platform for testing so-far unexplored fundamental physical theories for complex systems.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051258411&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1

DO - 10.1364/NP.2018.NpTh2C.1

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontobookanthology.conference???

AN - SCOPUS:85051258411

SN - 9781943580439

T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

BT - Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018

PB - Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)

T2 - Nonlinear Photonics, NP 2018

Y2 - 2 July 2018 through 5 July 2018

ER -

Replica symmetry breaking in nonlinearwave propagation

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

Bibliographical note

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this