Collective behaviour in electrical dipolar systems

K. X. Wang; Z. Ye

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/13/35/310

Collective behaviour in electrical dipolar systems

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8031-8038
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume	13
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/13/35/310
State	Published - Sep 3 2001
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics

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