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