Light-fueled self-oscillators based on stimuli-responsive soft materials have been explored toward the realization of a myriad nonequilibrium robotic functions, such as adaptation, autonomous locomotion, and energy conversion. However, high density unidirectionality light field, together with unscalable design existing demonstrations, hinder their further implementation. Herein, light-responsiv...

We show that modulation instability can exist with partially spatially incoherent light beams in a noninstantaneous nonlinear environment. For such incoherent modulation instability to occur, the value of the nonlinearity has to exceed a threshold imposed by the degree of spatial coherence.

Real-life quantum computers are inevitably affected by intrinsic noise resulting in dissipative nonunitary dynamics realized by these devices. We consider an open-system quantum annealing algorithm optimized for such a realistic analog quantum device which takes advantage of noise-induced thermalization and relies on incoherent quantum tunneling at finite temperature. We theoretically analyze t...

We analytically and numerically find families of polychromatic partially spatially incoherent solitons in a noninstantaneous Kerr nonlinear medium and analyze their coherence properties. We find that the polychromatic incoherent solitons exist when higher temporal frequency constituents of the light are less spatially coherent than smaller temporal frequency constituents. © 2004 Optical Society...

We propose a new geometry of clad-pumped fiber amplifier/laser that includes at least one doped core which guides the signal wave and at least one clad region that guides the incoherent pump. Our proposed geometry enables the incoherent diode pump light to be efficiently absorbed by the doped glass core over very short lengths on the order of a few to tens of centimeters. The transparent claddi...

We demonstrate a new and efficient technique for modeling and simulation of spatially incoherent sources, using the Wiener chaos expansion (WCE) method. By implementing this new model, we show that a practical-size photonic structure with a spatially incoherent input source can be analyzed more than two orders of magnitude faster compared to the conventional models without sacrificing the accur...

Cooling by Heating: Very Hot Thermal Light Can Significantly Cool Quantum Systems A. Mari and J. Eisert,Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 120602 (2012) We introduce the idea of actually cooling quantum systems by means of incoherent thermal light, hence giving rise to a counterintuitive mechanism of cooling by heating. In this effect, the mere incoherent occupation of a quantum mechanical mode serves as a ...

In the past several years photorefractive materials have been proposed for use as photorefractive incoherent-to-coherent optical converters (PICOC's) because of their dynamic real-time grating recording properties.'5 In a general PICOC, the imagebearing incoherent light is used to erase the grating, which is constructed by two coherent writing beams. The output image is carried by the diffracte...

A theory describing propagation and self-focusing of partially spatially incoherent light beams in nonlinear media is developed. It is shown that this process is effectively governed by an infinite set of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger-like equations, provided they are initially appropriately weighted with respect to the incoherent angular power spectrum of the source. The particular case of spa...

Recharging implantable electronics from the outside of the human body is very important for applications such as implantable biosensors and other implantable electronics. In this paper, a recharging method for implantable biosensors based on a wearable incoherent light source has been proposed and simulated. Firstly, we develop a model of the incoherent light source and a multi-layer model of s...