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For waveguides with two separate regions of anomalous dispersion, it is possible to create a quasi-stable two-color solitary wave. In this paper we consider how those waves interact with dispersive radiation, both generation of Cherenkov radiation and scattering of incident dispersive waves. We derive the analytic resonance conditions and verify them through numeric experiments. We also report incident radiation driving the internal oscillations of the soliton during the scattering process in case of an intense incident radiation. We generalize the resonance conditions for the case of an oscillating soliton and demonstrate how one can use the scattering process to probe and excite an internal mode of two-color soliton molecules., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures

The mean-field optical phase transition in multimode equal-coupling photonic networks is studied by temporal evolution of the nonlinear equations of motion of the coupled modes. Analogies to statistical mechanics models of interacting classical spins, built upon the correspondence between complex-valued modes and two-component spins, are employed to define two-component and single-component order parameters. A comprehensive finite-size scaling analysis is performed to estimate critical points and exponents of a second-order phase transition, driven by the optical energy per mode. Equilibrium properties of the system are compared to exact results whenever applicable. Considering various parameter settings, our results confirm the mean-field nature of the transition and establish the critical line in the nonlinearity--energy-density phase diagram. Critical scaling leads to infer the upper critical dimension $d_c=4$. Connection to thermodynamic quantities is established by means of a kinetic temperature with appropriate zero-temperature limit. In the low temperature phase (low energy per mode), spins align. In the high temperature phase (large energy per mode), spins rotate independent of one another.

Recently, asymmetric plasmonic nanojunctions [Karnetzky et. al., Nature Comm. 2471, 9 (2018)] have shown promise as on-chip electronic devices to convert femtosecond optical pulses to current bursts, with a bandwidth of multi-terahertz scale, although yet at low temperatures and pressures. Such nanoscale devices are of great interest for novel ultrafast electronics and opto-electronic applications. Here, we operate the device in air and at room temperature, revealing the mechanisms of photoemission from plasmonic nanojunctions, and the fundamental limitations on the speed of optical-to-electronic conversion. Inter-cycle interference of coherent electronic wavepackets results in a complex energy electron distribution and birth of multiphoton effects. This energy structure, as well as reshaping of the wavepackets during their propagation from one tip to the other, determine the ultrafast dynamics of the current. We show that, up to some level of approximation, the electron flight time is well-determined by the mean ponderomotive velocity in the driving field., Comment: references updated

The pivotal quality of proximity graphs is connectivity, i.e. all nodes in the graph are connected to one another either directly or via intermediate nodes. These types of graphs are robust, i.e., they are able to function well even if they are subject to limited removal of elementary building blocks, as it may occur for random failures or targeted attacks. Here, we study how the structure of these graphs is affected when nodes get removed successively until an extensive fraction is removed such that the graphs fragment. We study different types of proximity graphs for various node removal strategies. We use different types of observables to monitor the fragmentation process, simple ones like number and sizes of connected components, and more complex ones like the hop diameter and the backup capacity, which is needed to make a network N-1 resilient. The actual fragmentation turns out to be described by a second order phase transition. Using finite-size scaling analyses we numerically assess the threshold fraction of removed nodes, which is characteristic for the particular graph type and node deletion scheme, that suffices to decompose the underlying graphs., Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures

Scattering phase shifts obtained from 87Rb Bose-gas collision experiments are used to reconstruct effective potentials resulting, self-consistently, in the same scattering events observed in the experiments at a particular energy. We have found that the interaction strength close to the origin suddenly changes from repulsion to attraction when the collision energy crosses, from below, the l=2 shape resonance position at E = 275 mikroK. This observation may be utilized in outlining future Bose-gas collision experiments., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures