Optical Phase Transitions in Photonic Networks: a Spin-System Formulation
Alba Y. Ramos, Lucas J. Fernández-Alcázar, Tsampikos Kottos, Boris Shapiro · Physical Review X · 2020
Nonlinear optical networks can exhibit phase transitions, settling into optical states similar to ferromagnets or spin glasses, thus establishing a new class of spin models beyond those found in statistical mechanics.