Complex dynamics and configurational entropy of spatial optical solitons in nonlocal media
Optics
2009-11-11 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Abstract
Intense light propagating in a nonlinear medium can generate an ensemble of interacting filaments of light, or spatial solitons. Using nematic liquid crystals, we demonstrate that they undergo a collective behavior typical of complex systems, including the formation of clusters and sound-like vibrations, as well as the reduction of the configurational entropy, controlled by the degree of nonlocality of the medium.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0604168,
title = {Complex dynamics and configurational entropy of spatial optical solitons in nonlocal media},
author = {Claudio Conti and Marco Peccianti and Gaetano Assanto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604168},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures. Optics Letters, to be published