Broadband space-time wave packets propagating 70 m

Autor: Bhaduri, Basanta, Yessenov, Murat, Reyes, Danielle, Pena, Jessica, Meem, Monjurul, Fairchild, Shermineh Rostami, Menon, Rajesh, Richardson, Martin, Abouraddy, Ayman F.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Opt. Lett. 44, 2073-2076 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1364/OL.44.002073
Popis: The propagation distance of a pulsed beam in free space is ultimately limited by diffraction and space-time coupling. "Space-time" (ST) wave packets are pulsed beams endowed with tight spatio-temporal spectral correlations that render them propagation-invariant. Here we explore the limits of the propagation distance for ST wave packets. Making use of a specially designed phase plate inscribed by gray-scale lithography, we synthesize an ST light sheet of width $\approx700$~$\mu$m and bandwidth $\sim20$~nm and confirm a propagation distance of $\approx70$~m.
Databáze: arXiv