Title :
Observation of auto-focusing radially symmetric Airy beams
Author :
Zhang, Peng ; Prakash, Jai ; Zhang, Ze ; Hu, Yi ; Efremidis, Nikos K. ; Kajorndejnukul, V. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical beam auto-focusing without the need of a focusing lens or nonlinearity. Radial Airy beams with inward and outward accelerations are used and an abrupt transition between Airy and Bessel behavior is observed.
Keywords :
laser beams; lenses; optical focusing; Bessel behavior; auto-focusing radially symmetric Airy beams; focusing lens; inward accelerations; optical beam auto-focusing; outward accelerations; radial Airy beams; Acceleration; Computers; Focusing; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optimized production technology; Particle beams;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
