• DocumentCode
    689867
  • Title

    Mathieu and Weber accelerating beams beyond the paraxial limit

  • Author

    Peng Zhang ; Yi Hu ; Tongcang Li ; Cannan, Drake ; Xiaobo Yin ; Morandotti, Roberto ; Zhigang Chen ; Xiang Zhang

  • Author_Institution
    NSF Nanoscale Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate nonparaxial Mathieu and Weber accelerating beams, generalizing the concept of previously found accelerating beams. Such beams bend into large angles along elliptical or parabolic trajectories but still retain nondiffracting and self-healing capabilities.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; Mathieu accelerating beams; Weber accelerating beams; elliptical trajectory; nondiffracting capability; parabolic trajectory; self-healing capability; Acceleration; Approximation methods; Educational institutions; Nanoscale devices; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834257