Laser beam filamentation in fractal aggregates.
We investigate filamentation of a cw laser beam in soft matter such as colloidal suspensions and fractal gels. The process, driven by electrostriction, is strongly affected by material properties, which are taken into account via the static structure factor, and have impact on the statistics of the light filaments.
Conti
Claudio
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Research Center Enrico Fermi, Via Panisperna 89/A, 00184 Rome, Italy. claudio.conti@phys.uniroma1.it
Ghofraniha
Neda
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Ruocco
Giancarlo
G
Trillo
Stefano
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