Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories

Elad Greenfield; Oren Raz; Mordechai Segev

Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories

Elad Greenfield, Oren Raz, Mordechai Segev

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Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally non-broadening optical beams that propagate along any arbitrarily-chosen convex trajectory in space. We present a general method to construct these beams and explore their universal properties using catastrophe theory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Subtitle of host publication	Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011
State	Published - 1 Sep 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 1 May 2011 → 6 May 2011

Publication series

Name	2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

Conference

Conference	2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	1/05/11 → 6/05/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Greenfield, E, Raz, O & Segev, M 2011, Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories. in 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011., 5951325, 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011, 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011, Baltimore, MD, United States, 1/05/11.

Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories. / Greenfield, Elad; Raz, Oren; Segev, Mordechai.
2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011. 2011. 5951325 (2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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