Title :
Accelerating and diffractionless beams in optical lattices
Author :
Makris, K.G. ; El-Ganainy, R. ; Qi, Xinyuan ; Chen, Zhigang ; Christodoulides, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Mater. Sci. & Technol. Dept., Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
We show that only in a unique class of z-dependent lattices a true accelerating and diffractionless beam (different from Airy) can exist. Such beams are also possible under nonlinear conditions as exact traveling lattice solitons.
Keywords :
optical lattices; optical solitons; Airy; accelerating beams; diffractionless beams; optical lattices; traveling lattice solitons; z-dependent lattices; Acceleration; Diffraction; Educational institutions; Lattices; Optical beams; Particle beams; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
