TY - JOUR
T1 - Collective behaviour in electrical dipolar systems
AU - Wang, K. X.
AU - Ye, Z.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2001/9/3
Y1 - 2001/9/3
N2 - This paper reports a new wave phenomenon. We show that in a system consisting of many electric dipoles, the interaction between dipoles, mediated by radiated electromagnetic waves, leads to a kind of phase transition in the system. When the phase transition occurs, all dipoles tend to oscillate in phase, displaying a global coherent behaviour. It is also found that this feature is independent of the precise configuration of the dipole system.
AB - This paper reports a new wave phenomenon. We show that in a system consisting of many electric dipoles, the interaction between dipoles, mediated by radiated electromagnetic waves, leads to a kind of phase transition in the system. When the phase transition occurs, all dipoles tend to oscillate in phase, displaying a global coherent behaviour. It is also found that this feature is independent of the precise configuration of the dipole system.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/13/35/310
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/13/35/310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035801223
VL - 13
SP - 8031
EP - 8038
JO - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
SN - 0953-8984
IS - 35
ER -