• DocumentCode
    2777729
  • Title

    Optical superoscillations

  • Author

    Berry, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    H.H. Wills Phys. Lab., Bristol Univ., Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Although band-limited by the wavelength, optical fields can oscillate arbitrarily fast where the field is weak. Such sub-wavelength detail typically occupies one-third of the area of images, including optical vortices where the local wavenumber diverges.
  • Keywords
    optical vortices; quantum optics; local wavenumber; optical field oscillation; optical superoscillation; optical vortices; quantum system; Coherence; Equations; Laboratories; Optical surface waves; Optical vortices; Optimized production technology; Physics; Proposals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191664
  • Filename
    5191664