Bongiovanni, Domenico, Hu, Yi, Wetzel, Benjamin, Robles, Raul A, Mendoza González, Gregorio, Marti-Panameño, Erwin A, Chen, Zhigang and Morandotti, Roberto (2015) Efficient optical energy harvesting in self-accelerating beams. Scientific Reports, 5. p. 13197. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

We report the experimental observation of energetically confined self-accelerating optical beams propagating along various convex trajectories. We show that, under an appropriate transverse compression of their spatial spectra, these self-accelerating beams can exhibit a dramatic enhancement of their peak intensity and a significant decrease of their transverse expansion, yet retaining both the expected acceleration profile and the intrinsic self-healing properties. We found our experimental results to be in excellent agreement with the numerical simulations. We expect further applications in such contexts where power budget and optimal spatial confinement can be important limiting factors.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics > QC0350 Optics. Light
Depositing User:	Benjamin Wetzel
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2016 14:14
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2019 20:31
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/63308

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