Spatiotemporal Bessel beams

Michael Dallaire; Nathalie McCarthy; Michel Piché

doi:10.1117/12.779074

8 November 2007 Spatiotemporal Bessel beams

Michael Dallaire, Nathalie McCarthy, Michel Piché

Proceedings Volume 6796, Photonics North 2007; 67963O (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779074
Event: Photonics North 2007, 2007, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We present a new class of two-dimensional (in x and t) theoretically invariant optical wave packets characterized by a spatiotemporal Bessel function (STB beams). This particular field distribution induces a balance between the diffraction and the dispersion of the pulse. The solution describing the propagation of the STB beam is independent of the propagation distance, but the infinite dimensions of this beam make it impossible to generate. We can limit the dimensions of this beam by the use of a Gaussian envelope, resulting in a spatiotemporal Bessel-Gauss beam (STBG beam), that we can generate experimentally. We present an experimental setup used to generate STBG beams and an experimental autocorrelation trace which is in good agreement with that of theoretical STBG beams.

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Michael Dallaire, Nathalie McCarthy, and Michel Piché "Spatiotemporal Bessel beams", Proc. SPIE 6796, Photonics North 2007, 67963O (8 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779074

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