Self-Healing Of Space-Time Light Sheets

Abstract

Space-time (ST) wave packets are diffraction-free, dispersion-free pulsed beams whose propagation invariance stems from correlations introduced into their spatiotemporal spectra. We demonstrate here experimentally and computationally that ST light sheets exhibit self-healing properties upon traversing obstacles in the form of opaque obstructions. The unscattered fraction of the wave packet retains the spatio-temporal correlations and, thus, propagation invariance is maintained. The scattered component does not satisfy the requisite correlation and thus, undergoes diffractive spreading. These results indicate the robustness of ST wave packets and their potential utility for deep illumination and imaging in scattering media, such as biological tissues.

Publication Date

8-15-2018

Publication Title

Optics Letters

Volume

43

Issue

16

Number of Pages

3830-3833

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.003830

Socpus ID

85051073983 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85051073983

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