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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
