Synchronization in one-dimensional arrays of photon condensates
Abstract
We investigate the synchronization of coupled photonic Bose-Einstein condensates in dye-filled microcavity arrays, subject to a potential gradient. We show that in the absence of noise the desynchronisation threshold is the result of a dynamical instability. For a two-site system, we analytically derive the maximal potential difference that allows for a synchronized solution as a function of the system parameters and find that it crucially depends on the thermalization rate. For systems with N sites, we find a N−3 power law scaling for the critical potential difference. When quantum fluctuations are included, stochastic phase slips broaden the sharp transitions, yet the phase velocity and first order spatial coherence still reliably identify the instability threshold.
Related
- Synchronization Threshold and Stability of Heterogeneous Josephson-Junction Arrays with Nonsymmetric Weighted Coupling
- On-Sky Single-photon Time resolution of 35 ps with White Rabbit synchronization: towards the measurement of the size of a White Dwarf star
- Superradiance fingerprints of moiré exciton-biexciton condensates: path-entangled biphoton vs. supercurrent-enabled one-photon channel
- Photon-efficient readout of optical cavity arrays via spatial heterodyne
- Rayleigh-Wood Threshold Controls Nonlinear Photon Correlations in Atomic Arrays
BibTeX
@misc{luyckx2026synchronization,
title = {{Synchronization in one-dimensional arrays of photon condensates}},
author = {Klaas Luyckx and Michiel Yzewyn and Michiel Wouters},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.04989},
eprint = {2611.04989},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04989},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Synchronization in one-dimensional arrays of photon condensates
AU - Klaas Luyckx
AU - Michiel Yzewyn
AU - Michiel Wouters
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/03
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.04989
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.04989
AB - We investigate the synchronization of coupled photonic Bose-Einstein condensates in dye-filled microcavity arrays, subject to a potential gradient. We show that in the absence of noise the desynchronisation threshold is the result of a dynamical instability. For a two-site system, we analytically derive the maximal potential difference that allows for a synchronized solution as a function of the system parameters and find that it crucially depends on the thermalization rate. For systems with N sites, we find a N^−3 power law scaling for the critical potential difference. When quantum fluctuations are included, stochastic phase slips broaden the sharp transitions, yet the phase velocity and first order spatial coherence still reliably identify the instability threshold.
ER -