Theory of hydrodynamic phenomena in optical mesh lattices

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Autori principali: Price, Hannah M., Wimmer, Martin, Monika, Monika, Peschel, Ulf, Carusotto, Iacopo
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Pubblicazione: 2022
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author Price, Hannah M.
Wimmer, Martin
Monika, Monika
Peschel, Ulf
Carusotto, Iacopo
author_facet Price, Hannah M.
Wimmer, Martin
Monika, Monika
Peschel, Ulf
Carusotto, Iacopo
contents Signatures of superfluid-like behaviour have recently been observed experimentally in a nonlinear optical mesh lattice, where the arrival time of optical pulses propagating in a pair of coupled optical fiber loops is interpreted as a synthetic spatial dimension. Here, we develop a general theory of the fluid of light in such optical mesh lattices. On the one hand, this theory provides a solid framework for an analytical and numerical interpretation of the experimental observations. On the other hand it anticipates new physical effects stemming from the specific spatio-temporally periodic geometry of our set-up. Our work opens the way towards the full exploitation of optical mesh lattices system as a promising platform for studies of hydrodynamics phenomena in fluids of light in novel configurations.
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spellingShingle Theory of hydrodynamic phenomena in optical mesh lattices
Price, Hannah M.
Wimmer, Martin
Monika, Monika
Peschel, Ulf
Carusotto, Iacopo
Optics
Signatures of superfluid-like behaviour have recently been observed experimentally in a nonlinear optical mesh lattice, where the arrival time of optical pulses propagating in a pair of coupled optical fiber loops is interpreted as a synthetic spatial dimension. Here, we develop a general theory of the fluid of light in such optical mesh lattices. On the one hand, this theory provides a solid framework for an analytical and numerical interpretation of the experimental observations. On the other hand it anticipates new physical effects stemming from the specific spatio-temporally periodic geometry of our set-up. Our work opens the way towards the full exploitation of optical mesh lattices system as a promising platform for studies of hydrodynamics phenomena in fluids of light in novel configurations.
title Theory of hydrodynamic phenomena in optical mesh lattices
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.10956