Title :
Vectorial pulsed Bessel beams in periodic layered media
Author :
Longhi, S. ; Janner, D. ; Laporta, P.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fisica, Milano Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Existence of dispersion-free and diffraction-free ultra-short vectorial pulsed Bessel beams is predicted in one-dimensional photonic bandgaps (PBGs) using a Wannier-function technique. Pulsed Bessel beam propagation in a GaAs layered PBG is in particular considered.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Wannier functions; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical materials; photonic band gap; GaAs; PBG; Wannier-function technique; diffraction-free ultra-short vectorial pulsed Bessel beam; one-dimensional photonic bandgaps; periodic layered media; pulsed Bessel beam propagation; Dispersion; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Partial differential equations; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549081
