Fluctuation Statistics of Nonlinear Optical Microcanonical Systems

Author(s): Do Hyeok Jeon, Georgios G. Pyrialakos, Mahmoud A. Selim, Abraham M. Berman Bradley, Mercedeh Khajavikhan, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides It is by now well known, that at thermal equilibrium, the dynamics of multimoded optical configurations eventually settle into a Rayleigh-Jeans (RJ) distribution in the presence of weak nonlinearities. Yet, in spite of intense research, a general methodology to quantify and predict the complete stat… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 223805] Published Thu Jun 05, 2025