title: Generation of attenuation-compensating Airy beams.
abstract: We present an attenuation-corrected "nondiffracting" Airy beam. The correction factor can be adjusted to deliver a beam that exhibits an adjustable exponential intensity increase or decrease over a finite distance. A digital micromirror device that shapes both amplitude and phase is used to experimentally verify the propagation of these beams through air and partially absorbing media.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Preciado
authors.forename: Kishan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dholakia
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazilu