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Observation of Accelerating Airy Beams

G. A. Siviloglou, J. Broky, A. Dogariu, and D. N. Christodoulides
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 213901 – Published 20 November 2007
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Abstract

We report the first observation of Airy optical beams. This intriguing class of wave packets, initially predicted by Berry and Balazs in 1979, has been realized in both one- and two-dimensional configurations. As demonstrated in our experiments, these Airy beams can exhibit unusual features such as the ability to remain diffraction-free over long distances while they tend to freely accelerate during propagation.

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  • Received 15 August 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.213901

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. A. Siviloglou, J. Broky, A. Dogariu, and D. N. Christodoulides*

  • College of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA

  • *To whom correspondence should be addressed. demetri@creol.ucf.edu

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Vol. 99, Iss. 21 — 23 November 2007

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