Modern optics enables precision control over the laser field entering a nonlinear optical crystal. This has made it possible to realize a classical analogue of Bose–Einstein condensation, and it could provide a means of exerting microscopic control over the macroscopic state of complex systems.
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Conti, C. An enlightened daemon. Nature Phys 8, 445–446 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2336
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