Optimal control of the ballistic motion of Airy beams

Opt Lett. 2010 Jul 1;35(13):2260-2. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.002260.

Abstract

We demonstrate the projectile motion of two-dimensional truncated Airy beams in a general ballistic trajectory with controllable range and height. We show that the peak beam intensity can be delivered to any desired location along the trajectory as well as repositioned to a given target after displacement due to propagation through disordered or turbulent media.