• DocumentCode
    1769867
  • Title

    Radially self-accelerating beams

  • Author

    Vetter, Christoph ; Eichelkraut, Toni ; Ornigotti, Marco ; Szameit, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on optical non-paraxial beams that exhibit a self-accelerating behavior in radial direction. Hence, the intensity profile evolves on a spiraling trajectory. The beam parameters have been optimized for high contrast and rotation rate.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical rotation; beam parameters; high contrast; intensity profile; optical nonparaxial beams; radially self-accelerating beams; rotation rate; spiraling trajectory; Acceleration; Equations; Laser beams; Lenses; Particle beams; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988585