Experimental Observation of Modulation Instability and Optical Spatial Soliton Arrays in Soft Condensed Matter
Optics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
In this Letter we report observations of optically induced self-organization of colloidal arrays in the presence of un-patterned counter-propagating evanescent waves. The colloidal arrays formed along the laser propagation-axis are shown to be linked to the break-up of the incident field into optical spatial solitons, the lateral spacing of the arrays being related to modulation instability of the soft condensed matter system.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0701252,
title = {Experimental Observation of Modulation Instability and Optical Spatial Soliton Arrays in Soft Condensed Matter},
author = {P. J. Reece and E. M. Wright and K. Dholakia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0701252},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 3 figures