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ArticleNature communications2022

Space-time wave packets localized in all dimensions.

Murat Yessenov, Justin Free, Zhaozhong Chen, Eric G Johnson, Martin P J Lavery, Miguel A Alonso, Ayman F Abouraddy

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Murat YessenovCREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA. yessenov@knights.ucf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-1803
Justin FreeMicro-Photonics Laboratory, the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Zhaozhong ChenJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7005-8855
Eric G JohnsonMicro-Photonics Laboratory, the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Martin P J LaveryJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-421X
Miguel A AlonsoCNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Aix Marseille Univ., Marseille, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7037-5383
Ayman F AbouraddyCREOL, The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA. raddy@creol.ucf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-5495

Funding

United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-17-1-2458United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-19-1-2192United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-20-1-2558United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-20-1-2789
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Abstract

Optical wave packets that are localized in space and time, but nevertheless overcome diffraction and travel rigidly in free space, are a long sought-after field structure with applications ranging from microscopy and remote sensing, to nonlinear and quantum optics. However, synthesizing such wave packets requires introducing non-differentiable angular dispersion with high spectral precision in two transverse dimensions, a capability that has eluded optics to date. Here, we describe an experimental strategy capable of sculpting the spatio-temporal spectrum of a generic pulsed beam by introducing arbitrary radial chirp via two-dimensional conformal coordinate transformations of the spectrally resolved field. This procedure yields propagation-invariant 'space-time' wave packets localized in all dimensions, with tunable group velocity in the range from 0.7c to 1.8c in free space, and endowed with prescribed orbital angular momentum. By providing unprecedented flexibility in sculpting the three-dimensional structure of pulsed optical fields, our experimental strategy promises to be a versatile platform for the emerging enterprise of space-time optics.

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PMCPMC9356057

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