Localized waves with spherical harmonic symmetries

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Mills, M. S.; Efremidis, N.; Graf, T.; Wright, E. M.; Moloney, J. V.; ... Show more
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Abstract
We introduce a class of propagation invariant spatiotemporal optical wave packets with spherical harmonic symmetries in their field configurations. The evolution of these light orbitals is considered theoretically in anomalously dispersive media, and their spinning dynamics are analyzed in terms of their corresponding energy flows. Similarly, localized waves generated via spherical superposition from Archimedean and Platonic solids in k⃗-ω space are investigated in this work.
Date issued
2012-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76796
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics; MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
Journal
Physical Review A
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Mills, M. S. et al. “Localized Waves with Spherical Harmonic Symmetries.” Physical Review A 86.6 (2012). ©2012 American Physical Society
Version: Final published version
ISSN
1050-2947
1094-1622
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