Observation of accelerating parabolic beams.
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.
Davis
Jeffrey A
JA
San Diego State University, Department of Physics, San Diego, CA 92182-1233, USA. jdavis@sciences.sdsu.edu
Mintry
Mark J
MJ
Bandres
Miguel A
MA
Cottrell
Don M
DM
D000054:Acceleration; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010315:Particle Accelerators