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Generation and Coherent Control of Pulsed Quantum Frequency Combs
Published on: June 8, 2018
Exact solutions for a coherent phenomenon of condensation in conservative Hamiltonian systems
1<a href="https://ror.org/03a26mh11">Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure</a> ENS Université <a href="https://ror.org/05a0dhs15">PSL</a>, CNRS, <a href="https://ror.org/02en5vm52">Sorbonne Université</a>, <a href="https://ror.org/05f82e368">Université de Paris</a>, F-75005 Paris, France.
Abstract:
While it is known that Hamiltonian systems may undergo a phenomenon of condensation akin to Bose-Einstein condensation, not all the manifestations of this phenomenon have been uncovered yet. In this work, we present a novel form of condensation in conservative Hamiltonian systems that stands out due to its evolution through highly coherent states. The result is based on a deterministic approach to obtain exact explicit solutions representing the dynamical formation of condensates in finite time. We reveal a dual-cascade behavior during the process, featuring inverse and direct transfer of conserved quantities across the spectrum. The direct cascade yields the excitation of arbitrarily high modes in finite time, being associated with the formation of a small-scale coherent structure. We provide a fully analytic description of the processes involved.
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