DocumentCode
520733
Title
Generation and self-trapping of optical propelling beams
Author
Zhang, Peng ; Huang, Simon ; Hu, Yi ; Hernandez, Daniel ; Yoshihara, Masami ; Zhigang Chen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We generate optical beams with rotating intensity blades, namely “optical propellers”, by employing Moiré technique. Such rotating beams are controlled by SLM without mechanical movement or phase-sensitive interference. Self-trapping of propelling beams is also demonstrated.
Keywords
Biomedical optical imaging; Blades; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical vortices; Propellers; Propulsion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500327
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