Condensation in disordered lasers: theory, 3D+1 simulations, and experiments.
The complex processes underlying the generation of a coherent emission from the multiple scattering of photons and wave localization in the presence of structural disorder are still mostly unexplored. Here we show that a single nonlinear Schrödinger equation, playing the role of the Schwalow-Townes law for standard lasers, quantitatively reproduces experimental results and three-dimensional time-domain parallel simulations of a colloidal laser system.
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Research Center Soft INFM-CNR, c/o Università di Roma "Sapienza," I-00185, Roma, Italy.
Leonetti
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Fratalocchi
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Angelani
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D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007834:Lasers; D008956:Models, Chemical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D017785:Photons; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry
D003102:Colloids; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium