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Published August 1, 2008 | Published
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Accelerating parabolic beams

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence of accelerating parabolic beams that constitute, together with the Airy beams, the only orthogonal and complete families of solutions of the two-dimensional paraxial wave equation that exhibit the unusual ability to remain diffraction-free and freely accelerate during propagation. Since the accelerating parabolic beams, like the Airy beams, carry infinite energy, we present exact finite-energy accelerating parabolic beams that still retain their unusual features over several diffraction lengths.

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© 2008 Optical Society of America. Received May 23, 2008; accepted June 6, 2008; posted June 20, 2008 (Doc. ID 96139); published July 22, 2008. We acknowledge support from the Secretaría de Educación Pública de México.

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