Kinetic interfaces form the basis of a fascinating, interdisciplinary branch of statistical
mechanics. Diverse stochastic growth processes can be unified via an intriguing nonlinear …

This review describes recent progress in the understanding of the emergence of scale
invariance in far-from-equilibrium growth. The first section is devoted to 'solvable'needle …

The physics of non-equilibrium many-body systems is a rapidly expanding area of
theoretical physics. Traditionally employed in laser physics and superconducting kinetics …

The use of fractal concepts in understanding various growth phenomena, such as molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE) or fluid flow in porous media, is increasingly important these days. This …

Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy-thin film
growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit …

" When Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld (1987) coined the term Self-Organised Criticality (SOC),
it was an explanation for an unexpected observation of scale invariance and at the same …

Theoretical expressions for the height-height correlation function of self-affine fractal
surfaces are discussed in comparison with scanning tunneling microscopy, correlation and …

A systematic analysis of the Burgers–Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation in d+ 1 dimensions by
dynamic renormalization-group theory is described. The fixed points and exponents are …

Universality is a powerful concept, which enables making qualitative and quantitative
predictions in systems with extensively many degrees of freedom. It finds realizations in …

We theoretically and experimentally analyze Q-switched cladding pumped ytterbium-doped
fiber lasers designed for high pulse energies. We compare the extractable energy from two …