title: Observation of abruptly autofocusing waves.
abstract: We report on the experimental observation of abruptly autofocusing waves. This interesting family of wave packets has been realized by using a radially symmetric Airy intensity distribution. As demonstrated in our experiments, these waves can exhibit unusual features, such as the ability to autofocus by following a parabolic trajectory toward their focus.
authors: Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110, Heraklion, Greece. dpapa@materials.uoc.gr
authors: Dimitrios G
authors: DG
authors: Papazoglou
authors: Nikolaos K
authors: NK
authors: Efremidis
authors: Demetrios N
authors: DN
authors: Christodoulides
authors: Stelios
authors: S
authors: Tzortzakis