Title :
Hot particle solitons: Self-trapped beams based on thermophoresis in complex fluids
Author :
Lamhot, Y. ; Peleg, O. ; Segev, M.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We show that strong coupling between light and nanoparticle suspensions, mediated by negative thermophoresis and heat diffusion, gives rise to self-trapping of optical beams.
Keywords :
Optical beams; Optical materials; Optical solitons; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Particle beams; Refractive index; Solvents; Suspensions; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
