Observation of accelerating parabolic beams.
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We report the first observation of accelerating parabolic beams. These accelerating parabolic beams are similar to the Airy beams because they exhibit the unusual ability to remain diffraction-free while having a quadratic transverse shift during propagation. The amplitude and phase masks required to generate these beams are encoded onto a single liquid crystal display. Experimental results agree well with theory.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 16 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008