Devil's staircase in three-dimensional coherent waves localized on Lissajous parametric surfaces

Y. F. Chen*, T. H. Lu, K. W. Su, K. F. Huang

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the significance of the longitudinal- transverse coupling in the mesoscopic regime by using a high-Q laser resonator as an analog experiment. The longitudinal-transverse coupling is found to lead to the three-dimensional (3D) coherent waves that are localized on the parametric surfaces with Lissajous transverse patterns. More strikingly, experimental results reveal that the mode locking of the 3D coherent states forms a nearly complete Devil's staircase with the hierarchical ordering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number213902
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume96
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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