Airy beams and accelerating waves: an overview of recent advances
Over the last dozen years, the area of accelerating waves has made considerable advances
not only in terms of fundamentals and experimental demonstrations, but also in connection …
not only in terms of fundamentals and experimental demonstrations, but also in connection …
The geometric phase in nonlinear frequency conversion
The geometric phase of light has been demonstrated in various platforms of the linear
optical regime, raising interest both for fundamental science as well as applications, such as …
optical regime, raising interest both for fundamental science as well as applications, such as …
Synthesis of ultrafast wavepackets with tailored spatiotemporal properties
Sculpting light in space and time can provide unprecedented opportunities in many areas of
science and technology, ranging from extreme nonlinear optics and quantum networks to …
science and technology, ranging from extreme nonlinear optics and quantum networks to …
Nonparaxial Mathieu and Weber accelerating beams
We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally nonparaxial Mathieu and Weber
accelerating beams, generalizing the concept of previously found accelerating beams. We …
accelerating beams, generalizing the concept of previously found accelerating beams. We …
Nondiffracting accelerating wave packets of Maxwell's equations
We present the nondiffracting spatially accelerating solutions of the Maxwell equations.
Such beams accelerate in a circular trajectory, thus generalizing the concept of Airy beams …
Such beams accelerate in a circular trajectory, thus generalizing the concept of Airy beams …
Abruptly autofocusing beams enable advanced multiscale photo-polymerization
Tunable-ring Airy beams are experimentally generated and employed for the fabrication of
large three-dimensional structures with high resolution using multi-photon polymerization …
large three-dimensional structures with high resolution using multi-photon polymerization …
Fully vectorial accelerating diffraction-free Helmholtz beams
We show that new families of diffraction-free nonparaxial accelerating optical beams can be
generated by considering the symmetries of the underlying vectorial Helmholtz equation …
generated by considering the symmetries of the underlying vectorial Helmholtz equation …
Soliton pair generation in the interactions of Airy and nonlinear accelerating beams
We investigate numerically the interactions of two in-phase and out-of-phase Airy beams
and nonlinear (NL) accelerating beams in Kerr and saturable NL media, in one transverse …
and nonlinear (NL) accelerating beams in Kerr and saturable NL media, in one transverse …
Interactions of Airy beams, nonlinear accelerating beams, and induced solitons in Kerr and saturable nonlinear media
We investigate numerically interactions between two in-phase or out-of-phase Airy beams
and nonlinear accelerating beams in Kerr and saturable nonlinear media in one transverse …
and nonlinear accelerating beams in Kerr and saturable nonlinear media in one transverse …
Laser-assisted guiding of electric discharges around objects
Electric breakdown in air occurs for electric fields exceeding 34 kV/cm and results in a large
current surge that propagates along unpredictable trajectories. Guiding such currents across …
current surge that propagates along unpredictable trajectories. Guiding such currents across …