Title
Abruptly Autofocusing Waves
Abstract
We introduce a new class of (2 + 1)D spatial and (3 + 1)D spatiotemporal waves that tend to autofocus in an abrupt fashion. While the maximum intensity of such a radial wave remains almost constant during propagation, it suddenly increases by orders of magnitude right before its focal point. These waves can be generated through the use of radially symmetric Airy waves or by appropriately superimposing Airy wave packets. Possible applications of such abruptly focusing beams are also discussed. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Publication Title
Optics Letters
Volume
35
Issue
23
Number of Pages
4045-4047
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.35.004045
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
78650817814 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78650817814
STARS Citation
Efremidis, Nikolaos K. and Christodoulides, Demetrios N., "Abruptly Autofocusing Waves" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 106.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/106