Fig. 3: raw data for experimental intensity profiles jpg files Fig. 4 MS Excel Spreadsheets Fig04_ODXXX.xls with XXX = optical density col 1: detuning in units of atomic linewidth col 2: input saturation parameter at threshold col 3: total saturation parameter at threshold col 4: input intensity at threshold col 5: linear phase shift col 3: nonlinear phase shift at threshold Fig. 5 MS Excel Spreadsheets filename.xls indicates nature of nonlinearity col 1: optical density col 2: diffracted energy (raw signal) col 3: diffracted energy (normalized to maximum) Fig. 10: a, b) raw data for intensity profiles for transmitted beams projected on sigma_+ and sigma_- polarizations bmp files d) raw data for simulated orientation comma separated csv Fig. 12: raw data for experimental images jpg images Fig. 15: comma separated csv Fig15_a_b.csv col 1: x in units of lattice periods other columns: resulting perturbation in pump rate for different optical densities as indicated in row 1 Fig_15c.csc col 1: optical density col 2: value of resulting perturbation in centre col 3: value of resulting perturbation one lattice period away Fig. 15d.csv col 1: x in units of lattice period other columns: normalized resulting perturbations for initial distribution a factor m narrower than in Fig. 15a Fig. 17 comma separated csv col 1: x coordinate col 2: state variable col 3: intensity perturbation data symmetric around x=0