title: Rules of selection for spontaneous coherent states in mesoscopic systems: using the microcavity laser as an analog study.
abstract: The selection rules for spontaneous coherent waves in mesoscopic systems are experimentally studied using the transverse patterns of a microcavity laser and theoretically analyzed using the theory of SU(2) coherent states. Comparison of the experimental results with the theoretical analyses reveals that an amplitude factor A should be included in the representation of the partially coherent states. The determination of the amplitude factor A is found to be associated with the constraint of minimum energy uncertainty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 TA Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30050. yfchen@cc.nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Lan