Observation of accelerating airy beams

    Authors

    G. A. Siviloglou; J. Broky; A. Dogariu;D. N. Christodoulides

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    WAVE-PACKETS; NONDIFFRACTING BEAMS; DIFFRACTION; SINGLE; FIELDS; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We report the first observation of Airy optical beams. This intriguing class of wave packets, initially predicted by Berry and Balazs in 1979, has been realized in both one- and two-dimensional configurations. As demonstrated in our experiments, these Airy beams can exhibit unusual features such as the ability to remain diffraction-free over long distances while they tend to freely accelerate during propagation.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    99

    Issue/Number

    21

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000251107500024

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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