Title
Airy-Bessel wave packets as versatile linear light bullets
Abbreviated Journal Title
Nat. Photonics
Keywords
DIFFRACTION-FREE BEAMS; GENERATION; LOCALIZATION; SOLITONS; PULSES; Optics; Physics, Applied
Abstract
The generation of spatiotemporal optical wave packets that are impervious to both dispersion and diffraction has been a fascinating challenge(1). Despite intense research activity, such localized waves, referred to as light bullets, have remained elusive. In nonlinear propagation, three-dimensional light bullets tend to disintegrate as a result of inherent instabilities(2,3). Threedimensional wave packets that propagate linearly have been reported(4-9), but their utility is severely limited by the need to tailor the wave packet precisely to material properties. To overcome these limitations, we explore a new approach based on the one-dimensional Airy wave packet(10). Here, we report the first observation of a class of versatile three-dimensional linear light bullets, which combine Bessel beams in the transverse plane with temporal Airy pulses. Their evolution does not depend critically on the material in which they propagate, and the consequent versatility will facilitate their study and applications ranging from bioimaging(11) to plasma physics(12).
Journal Title
Nature Photonics
Volume
4
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
103
Last Page
106
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1749-4885
Recommended Citation
"Airy-Bessel wave packets as versatile linear light bullets" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 39.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/39
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