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	Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011
State	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 1 May 2011 → 6 May 2011

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

Conference

Conference	Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	1/05/11 → 6/05/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories

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