| Autor: |
Ren H; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA., Pyrialakos GG; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.; CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA., Wu FO; CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA., Jung PS; CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.; Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland., Efremidis NK; Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete 70013, Greece., Khajavikhan M; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA., Christodoulides DN; Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
The theory of optical thermodynamics provides a comprehensive framework that enables a self-consistent description of the intricate dynamics of nonlinear multimoded photonic systems. This theory, among others, predicts a pressurelike intensive quantity (p[over ^]) that is conjugate to the system's total number of modes (M)-its corresponding extensive variable. Yet at this point, the nature of this intensive quantity is still nebulous. In this Letter, we elucidate the physical origin of the optical thermodynamic pressure and demonstrate its dual essence. In this context, we rigorously derive an expression that splits p[over ^] into two distinct components, a term that is explicitly tied to the electrodynamic radiation pressure and a second entropic part that is responsible for the entropy change. We utilize this result to establish a formalism that simplifies the quantification of radiation pressure under nonlinear equilibrium conditions, thus eliminating the need for a tedious evaluation of the Maxwell stress tensor. Our theoretical analysis is corroborated by numerical simulations carried out in highly multimoded nonlinear optical structures. These results may provide a novel way in predicting and controlling radiation pressure processes in a variety of nonlinear electromagnetic settings. |
