2007/01/22 by Peter J. Reece, P. J. Reece, E. M. Wright +2 · 105 citations
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Breakup #Chemistry #Colloid #Condensed matter physics #Field (mathematics) #Instability #Laser #Modulation (music) #Molecular physics #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear system #Optics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Soft matter #Soliton #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.98.203902
published in Physical Review Letters 98(20), 203902 (American Physical Society) · 16 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2007/01/22 · openalex publication_date 2007/05/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In this Letter we report observations of optically induced self-organization of colloidal arrays in the presence of unpatterned counterpropagating evanescent waves. The colloidal arrays formed along the laser propagation axis are shown to be linked to the breakup 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.