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Synchronization in Coupled Laser Arrays with Correlated and Uncorrelated Disorder

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The effect of quenched disorder in a many-body system is experimentally investigated in a controlled fashion. It is done by measuring the phase synchronization (i.e., mutual coherence) of 400 coupled lasers as a function of tunable disorder and coupling strengths. The results reveal that correlated disorder has a nontrivial effect on the decrease of phase synchronization, which depends on the ratio of the disorder correlation length over the average number of synchronized lasers. The experimental results are supported by numerical simulations and analytic derivations.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.113803

Authors: Amit Pando, Sagie Gadasi, Eran Bernstein, Nikita Stroev, Asher Friesem, Nir Davidson

Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science

Language: English

Topic: Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Minerva Foundation, Israel Science Foundation

Award: G3079606885