TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical element for generation of accelerating Airy beams
AU - Yalizay, Berna
AU - Soylu, Burak
AU - Akturk, Selcuk
PY - 2010/10/1
Y1 - 2010/10/1
N2 - We demonstrate an optical element for generation of accelerating Airy beams. The element is conveniently constructed by combination of positive and negative cylindrical lenses of matching radii of curvature. With proper choice of lens curvatures, the resulting surface profile closely follows a cubic polynomial. Passing a Gaussian beam through this element and performing optical Fourier transform yields beam profiles close to the Airy function. Our experiments demonstrate parabolic propagation, or acceleration, of the resulting focal spots.
AB - We demonstrate an optical element for generation of accelerating Airy beams. The element is conveniently constructed by combination of positive and negative cylindrical lenses of matching radii of curvature. With proper choice of lens curvatures, the resulting surface profile closely follows a cubic polynomial. Passing a Gaussian beam through this element and performing optical Fourier transform yields beam profiles close to the Airy function. Our experiments demonstrate parabolic propagation, or acceleration, of the resulting focal spots.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957883669&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002344
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.27.002344
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957883669
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 27
SP - 2344
EP - 2346
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 10
ER -