Optical Spatial Solitons in Soft Matter

2005/10/19 by Claudio Conti, Giancarlo Ruocco, S. Trillo +1 · 6 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #cond-mat.soft #nlin.PS #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.95.183902

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 183902 (2005) · 5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2005/10/19 · openalex publication_date 2005/10/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We predict that spatial self-trapping of light can occur in soft matter encompassing a wide class of new materials such as colloids, foams, gels, fractal aggregates, etc. We develop a general nonlocal theory that allows one to relate the properties of the trapped state of Maxwell equations to the measurable static structure factor of the specific material. We give numerical evidence for stable trapping in fractal aggregates and suggest also the possibility of soliton spectroscopy of soft matter.

Citations

• Collapse arrest and soliton stabilization in nonlocal nonlinear media

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