Title :
Non-paraxial accelerating beams
Author :
Kaminer, Ido ; Bekenstein, Rivka ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present the spatially accelerating solutions of the Maxwell equations. Such beams accelerate along a circular trajectory extending beyond the paraxial regime, thus generalizing the concept of accelerating Airy beams.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; physical optics; Maxwell equations; accelerating Airy beams; circular trajectory; nonparaxial accelerating beams; paraxial regime; spatially accelerating solutions; Acceleration; Approximation methods; Maxwell equations; Optics; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
