Analogue simulations of quantum gravity with fluids

SL Braunstein, M Faizal, LM Krauss, F Marino… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Technological advances in controlling and manipulating fluids have enabled the
experimental realization of acoustic analogues of gravitational black holes. A flowing fluid …

Classical Rayleigh-Jeans condensation of light waves: Observation and thermodynamic characterization

K Baudin, A Fusaro, K Krupa, J Garnier, S Rica… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Theoretical studies on wave turbulence predict that a purely classical system of random
waves can exhibit a process of condensation, which originates in the singularity of the …

Optical spatial shock waves in nonlocal nonlinear media

G Marcucci, D Pierangeli, S Gentilini… - … in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Dispersive shock waves are fascinating phenomena occurring when nonlinearity
overwhelms linear effects, such as dispersion and diffraction. Many features of shock waves …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple-lump waves for a (3+ 1)-dimensional Boiti–Leon–Manna–Pempinelli equation arising from incompressible fluid

BQ Li, YL Ma - Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract A (3+ 1)-dimensional Boiti–Boiti–Leon–Manna–Pempinelli equation is investigated,
which describes nonlinear wave propagations in incompressible fluid. A condition …

Turbulence hierarchy in a random fibre laser

IRR González, BC Lima, PIR Pincheira… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Turbulence is a challenging feature common to a wide range of complex phenomena.
Random fibre lasers are a special class of lasers in which the feedback arises from multiple …

Nonequilibrium precondensation of classical waves in two dimensions propagating through atomic vapors

N Šantić, A Fusaro, S Salem, J Garnier, A Picozzi… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The nonlinear Schrödinger equation, used to describe the dynamics of quantum fluids, is
known to be valid not only for massive particles but also for the propagation of light in a …

The piston Riemann problem in a photon superfluid

A Bendahmane, G Xu, M Conforti, A Kudlinski… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Light flow in nonlinear media can exhibit quantum hydrodynamical features which are
profoundly different from those of classical fluids. Here, we show that a rather extreme …

Observation of replica symmetry breaking in disordered nonlinear wave propagation

D Pierangeli, A Tavani, F Di Mei, AJ Agranat… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
A landmark of statistical mechanics, spin-glass theory describes critical phenomena in
disordered systems that range from condensed matter to biophysics and social dynamics …

Ring dark and antidark solitons in nonlocal media

TP Horikis, DJ Frantzeskakis - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Ring dark and antidark solitons in nonlocal media are found. These structures have,
respectively, the form of annular dips or humps on top of a stable CW background, and exist …

Role of geometry in the superfluid flow of nonlocal photon fluids

D Vocke, K Wilson, F Marino, I Carusotto, EM Wright… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
Recent work has unveiled a new class of optical systems that can exhibit the characteristic
features of superfluidity. One such system relies on the repulsive photon-photon interaction …