DocumentCode
2261843
Title
Abruptly autofocusing waves
Author
Efremidis, Nikolaos K. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Chremmos, Ioannis ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Math., Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We introduce a new classes of waves that tend to autofocus in an abrupt fashion. These waves can be generated through the use of radially symmetric Airy waves.
Keywords
light diffraction; light propagation; optical dispersion; optical focusing; Airy waves; abruptly autofocusing waves; diffration; dispersion; propagation; Acceleration; Diffraction; Laser beams; Optical diffraction; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951535
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