Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1371-1376 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Jan 2008 |