Special Session organized by K. Makris and Z. Musslimani
This special session will focus on recent developments in the emerging area of statistical thermodynamics of complex nonlinear multimode optical systems, of what is called “Optical Thermodynamics”. The session will feature talks that span a host of topics, ranging from mathematical methodologies describing thermalization processes and phase transition phenomena to computational aspects of generic nonlinear waves dynamics. Recent theoretical and experimental results demonstrating thermodynamic behaviors in multimode nonlinear photonic systems will be also presented.
Topics:
- Thermalization of nonlinear optical multimode systems.
- Applications to high power multimode optical fibers.
- Novel experimental advances.
- Thermalizaton of topological and disordered lattices.
- Fluctuation Theory and out of equilibrium dynamics.