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Propagation-invariant fields of the third kind and their optical generation

A S Ostrovsky1, G Martínez-Niconoff2 and J C Ramírez-San-Juan2

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Propagation-invariant fields of the third kind (PIFs-III) are defined on the basis of a modal theory proposed recently by the authors. We show the existence of specific PIFs-III termed light string and light capillary beams, which are characterized by the extremely sharply localized transverse intensity distribution propagating in free space without expansion. A technique for generating the PIFs-III is proposed and its capacity is demonstrated by experimental results for the optical synthesis of the light string and light capillary beams.


PACS

42.25.Ja Polarization

Subjects

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Dates

Issue 5 (September 2003)

Received 11 November 2002

Published 22 August 2003



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