Title :
Accelerating light beams along arbitrary trajectories
Author :
Greenfield, Elad ; Raz, Oren ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally non-broadening optical beams that propagate along any arbitrarily-chosen convex trajectory in space. We present a general method to construct these beams and explore their universal properties using catastrophe theory.
Keywords :
catastrophe theory; laser beams; light propagation; physical optics; accelerating light beams; arbitrary trajectories; catastrophe theory; nonbroadening optical beams; universal properties; Acceleration; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Particle beams; Structural beams; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
