Title :
Control of self-accelerating Airy beams with optically-induced refractive-index gradient
Author :
Ye, Zhuoyi ; Liu, Sheng ; Lou, Cibo ; Zhang, Peng ; Hu, Yi ; Song, Daohong ; Zhao, Jianlin ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
We show how to enhance, reduce, and completely suppress the acceleration of Airy beams in graded-index media. By engineering the refractive-index gradient, active bending control of the Airy beams is realized, relevant to various environments.
Keywords :
bending; gradient index optics; light propagation; optical losses; physical optics; refractive index; 1D airy beam propagation; active bending control; graded-index medium; optically-induced refractive-index gradient; self-accelerating airy beams; wave vector; Acceleration; Crystals; Indexes; Media; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Particle beams;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
