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Generating self-accelerating Airy beams using a digital micromirror device

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We report a new approach for generating an Airy beam by using a digital micromirror device (DMD) and a holographic technique where the DMD loads the desired hologram. Unique characteristics of an Airy beam, such as the non-diffraction and self-acceleration properties, were demonstrated to prove the successful construction of this type of waveform. Experimental results showed good agreement with theoretical calculations. This approach can also be used to generate other special beams.

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YL Zhang acknowledges the financial support of this research by the startup research grant from Nanyang Technological University, the A*STAR AOP project (1223600005), the A*STAR Industrial Robotics Programme (1225100007), and support from COLE, NTU.

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Qinwei Xu, Yongdong Wang and Shi Yong Siew contributed equally to this work.

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Xu, Q., Wang, Y., Siew, S.Y. et al. Generating self-accelerating Airy beams using a digital micromirror device. Appl. Phys. B 117, 141–144 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-014-5813-2

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