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Area of Science:

  • Quantum optics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Statistical physics

Background:

  • Coupled nanolasers exhibit complex dynamics, including mode switching.
  • Theoretical models describe these transitions using limit cycle oscillations.
  • Spontaneous emission noise plays a critical role in the thermodynamic limit.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide experimental evidence of mesoscopic limit cycles in coupled nanolasers.
  • To investigate the relationship between limit cycle amplitude and mode switching.
  • To explore the role of quantum fluctuations in time translation symmetry breaking.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental statistical analysis of coupled nanolaser output.
  • Reconstruction of the order parameter from mode intensity statistics.
  • Measurement of mode cross-correlations.

Main Results:

  • Experimental statistical evidence of mesoscopic limit cycles (approximately 10^3 intracavity photons).
  • Observation of a maximum in the averaged limit cycle amplitude at the mode switching point.
  • Minimum mode cross-correlation (g_ij^(2)=2/3) indicating a mesoscopic limit.

Conclusions:

  • Coupled nanolasers serve as a test bed for mesoscopic phenomena.
  • The study demonstrates spontaneous breaking of time translation symmetry under strong quantum fluctuations.
  • Limit cycle oscillations are experimentally verified in mesoscopic systems.