Multi-threshold second-order phase transition
Abstract
We present a theory of the multi-threshold second-order phase transition, and experimentally demonstrate the multi-threshold second-order phase transition phenomenon. With carefully selected parameters, in an external cavity diode laser system, we observe second-order phase transition with multiple (three or four) thresholds in the measured power-current-temperature three dimensional phase diagram. Such controlled death and revival of second-order phase transition sheds new insight into the nature of ubiquitous second-order phase transition. Our theory and experiment show that the single threshold second-order phase transition is only a special case of the more general multi-threshold second-order phase transition, which is an even richer phenomenon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1108.2483,
title = {Multi-threshold second-order phase transition},
author = {Wei Zhuang and Deshui Yu and Zhiwen Liu and Jingbiao Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2483},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures