Inhomogeneous Broadening and the Mean-field Approximation for Optical Bistability in a Fabry-Perot Interferometer

1980 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 651-660 ◽  

A semiclassical exciton-biexciton model for CuCl is used to obtain the stationary solutions for optical bistability (o.b.) by numerical integration of the second-order Maxwell equation in the limit of large Fresnel numbers. The results obtained from the calculation, which we call exact (ex.), are compared with corresponding numerical results by using the slowly varying envelope approximation (s.v.e.a.) as well as corresponding analytical results obtained by using the mean-field approximation (m.f.a.). The results obtained with the s.v.e.a. are shown to be in close quantitative (within 5%) agreement with the ex. results for each point in the parameter space considered, whereas the m.f.a. gives reasonably good qualitative results only (more than 20% quantitative discrepancy with ex.). Furthermore, o.b. is predicted from these calculations for incident laser field detunings on either side of the two-photon biexciton resonance as well as in the neighbourhood of the resonance. The nonlinearity in the dielectric function that causes o.b. is seen to be very nearly of the Kerr medium type, and consequently, the two-photon biexciton resonance contributes only weakly to the o.b. characteristics.


1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 617 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Van der Borght ◽  
JO Murphy

The combined effect of an imposed rotation and magnetic field on convective transfer in a horizontal Boussinesq layer of fluid heated from below is studied in the mean field approximation. The basic equations are derived by a variational technique and their solutions are then found over a wide range of conditions, in the case of free boundaries, by numerical and analytic techniques, in particular by asymptotic and perturbation methods. The results obtained by the different techniques are shown to be in excellent agreement. As for the linear theory, the calculations predict that the simultaneous presence' of a magnetic field and rotation may produce conflicting tendencies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Alejandro Ayala ◽  
J. A. Flores ◽  
L. A. Hernández ◽  
S. Hernández-Ortiz

We use the linear sigma model coupled to quarks to compute the effective potential beyond the mean field approximation, including the contribution of the ring diagrams at finite temperature and baryon density. We determine the model couplings and use them to study the phase diagram in the baryon chemical potential-temperature plane and to locate the Critical End Point.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 910-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Huang

Magnetic instability in gapless superconductors still remains as a puzzle. In this article, we point out that the instability might be caused by using BCS theory in mean-field approximation, where the phase fluctuation has been neglected. The mean-field BCS theory describes very well the strongly coherent or rigid superconducting state. With the increase of mismatch between the Fermi surfaces of pairing fermions, the phase fluctuation plays more and more important role, and "soften" the superconductor. The strong phase fluctuation will eventually quantum disorder the superconducting state, and turn the system into a phase-decoherent pseudogap state.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (31n33) ◽  
pp. 2513-2546 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Röpke ◽  
P. Schuck

Quantum condensates in nuclear matter are treated beyond the mean-field approximation, with the inclusion of cluster formation. The occurrence of a separate binding pole in the four-particle propagator in nuclear matter is investigated with respect to the formation of a condensate of α-like particles (quartetting), which is dependent on temperature and density. Due to Pauli blocking, the formation of an α-like condensate is limited to the low-density region. Consequences for finite nuclei are considered. In particular, excitations of self-conjugate 2n-Z–2n-N nuclei near the n-α-breakup threshold are candidates for quartetting. We review some results and discuss their consequences. Exploratory calculations are performed for the density dependence of the α condensate fraction at zero temperature to address the suppression of the four-particle condensate below nuclear-matter density.


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