Transport and localization of light inside a dye-filled microcavity
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The driven-dissipative nature of light-matter interaction inside a multimode, dye-filled microcavity makes it an ideal system to study nonequilibrium phenomena, such as transport. In this work, we investigate how light is efficiently transported inside such a microcavity, mediated by incoherent absorption and emission processes. In particular, we show that there exist two distinct regimes of transport, viz. conductive and localized, arising from the complex interplay between the thermalizing effect of the dye molecules and the nonequilibrium influence of driving and loss. The propagation of light in the conductive regime occurs when several localized cavity modes undergo dynamical phase transitions to a condensed, or lasing, state. Furthermore, we observe that, while such transport is robust for weak disorder in the cavity potential, strong disorder can lead to localization of light even under good thermalizing conditions. Importantly, the exhibited transport and localization of light is a manifestation of the nonequilibrium dynamics rather than any coherent interference in the system.
Date Issued
2020-11-25
Date Acceptance
2020-11-10
Citation
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2020, 102 (5), pp.1-9
ISSN
1050-2947
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume
102
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
©2020 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
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Grant Number
EP/S000755/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Optics
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 053517
Date Publish Online
2020-11-25