Title :
Accelerating self-imaging: The Airy-Talbot effect
Author :
Lumer, Yaakov ; Drori, Lee ; Hazan, Yoav ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present self-imaging of optical waves along curved trajectories, theoretically and experimentally. Unlike the Talbot effect, the field wave need not be periodic. Paraxially, self-imaging persists indefinitely, while non-paraxially is limited by overall bending angle.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; Airy-Talbot effect; accelerating self-imaging; bending angle; curved trajectory; field wave; optical waves; paraxial self-imaging; Acceleration; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical interferometry; Particle beams; Talbot effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
