Conti C, Ghofraniha N, Ruocco G, Trillo S. Laser beam filamentation in fractal aggregates.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006;
97:123903. [PMID:
17025967 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.97.123903]
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Abstract
We investigate filamentation of a cw laser beam in soft matter such as colloidal suspensions and fractal gels. The process, driven by electrostriction, is strongly affected by material properties, which are taken into account via the static structure factor, and have impact on the statistics of the light filaments.
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