Optical gradient forces on colloidal crystals: generation of spatially complex structures

Authors :: Nabil M. Lawandy
C.L. Adler
Source :: Optics Communications. 91:354-359
Publication Year :: 1992
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1992.
Abstract: We show that the gradient force due to counterpropagating light beams can be used to create an experimentally realizable three-dimensional analog of the one-dimensional Frenkel-Kontorova model.

Subjects :: Physics
Condensed matter physics
business.industry
Perturbation (astronomy)
Crystal structure
Colloidal crystal
Periodic potential
Pressure-gradient force
Potential energy
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Optics
Light beam
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
business
Nonlinear Sciences::Pattern Formation and Solitons

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