Title

Fourier-space generation of abruptly autofocusing beams and optical bottle beams

Authors

Authors

I. Chremmos; P. Zhang; J. Prakash; N. K. Efremidis; D. N. Christodoulides;Z. G. Chen

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

AIRY BEAMS; WAVES; Optics

Abstract

We demonstrate analytically and experimentally that a circular abruptly autofocusing (AAF) Airy beam can be generated by Fourier-transforming an appropriately apodized Bessel beam whose radial oscillations are chirped by a cubic phase term. Depending on the relation between the chirp rate and the focal distance of the Fourier-transforming lens, it is possible to generate AAF beams with one or two foci, the latter case leading to the formation of an elegant paraboloid optical bottle. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

36

Issue/Number

18

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

3675

Last Page

3677

WOS Identifier

WOS:000294951100049

ISSN

0146-9592

Recommended Citation

"Fourier-space generation of abruptly autofocusing beams and optical bottle beams" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1184.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1184