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Anomalous thermalization of nonlinear optical waves

Antonio PicozziHans-rudolf JauslinClaire MichelPierre SuretStéphane Randoux

subject

PhysicsCondensed matter physicsComputer simulationWave propagationThermodynamic equilibriumNonlinear opticsPolarization (waves)01 natural sciences010305 fluids & plasmassymbols.namesakeThermalisation0103 physical sciencessymbols010306 general physicsRaman scatteringCoherence (physics)

description

We report theoretically and experimentally an anomalous thermalization process characterized by an irreversible evolution of the waves towards a novel family of equilibrium states of a fundamental different nature than the standard thermodynamic equilibrium state.

https://hal.science/hal-00473954