Arbitrary non-paraxial accelerating periodic beams and spherical shaping of light
Optics
2016-04-13 v1
Abstract
We report the observation of arbitrary accelerating beams designed using a non-paraxial description of optical caustics. We use a spatial light modulator-based setup and techniques of Fourier optics to generate circular and Weber beams subtending over 95 degrees of arc. Applying a complementary binary mask also allows the generation of periodic accelerating beams taking the forms of snake-like trajectories, and the application of a rotation to the caustic allows the first experimental synthesis of optical accelerating beams upon the surface of a sphere in three dimensions.
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@article{arxiv.1304.3469,
title = {Arbitrary non-paraxial accelerating periodic beams and spherical shaping of light},
author = {A. Mathis and F. Courvoisier and R. Giust and L. Furfaro and M. Jacquot and L. Froehly and J. M. Dudley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.3469},
year = {2016}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures article