Abstract
We demonstrate soliton-mediated orientational ordering in gold nanorod suspensions. Polarization transmission spectrum shows orientation-enhanced birefringence along the soliton channel, indicating a disorder-to-order transition of nanorods due to the torque exerted by the soliton beam.
© 2017 Optical Society of America
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