Shaping caustics into propagation-invariant light

Alessandro Zannotti; Cornelia Denz; Miguel A. Alonso; Mark R. Dennis

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17439-3

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Shaping caustics into propagation-invariant light

Alessandro Zannotti,
Cornelia Denz,
Miguel A. Alonso,
Mark R. Dennis

Affiliations

Alessandro Zannotti: Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), University of Muenster
Cornelia Denz: Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), University of Muenster
Miguel A. Alonso: Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, UMR 7249
Mark R. Dennis: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17439-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Propagation-invariant beams have been up to now only available in a few realizations or for specific applications. Here, the authors demonstrate two methods for generating propagation-invariant beams with fully customizable intensity profiles in a comprehensive way inspired by geometrical optics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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