Spatial solitons and light-induced instabilities in colloidal media.
We study nonlinear light propagation in colloidal nanosuspensions. We introduce a novel model for the nonlinear response of colloids which describes consistently the system in the regimes of low and high light intensities and low/large concentrations of colloidal particles. We employ this model to study the light-induced instabilities and demonstrate the formation of stable spatial solitons as well as the existence of a bistability regime.
Matuszewski
Michał
M
Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
Krolikowski
Wieslaw
W
Kivshar
Yuri S
YS
D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D003102:Colloids