Generation of Talbot-like fields

Jorge A. Anaya-Contreras, Arturo Zúñiga-Segundo, David Sánchez-de-la-Llave, Héctor M. Moya-Cessa

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Abstract

We present an integral of diffraction based on particular eigenfunctions of the Laplacian in two dimensions. We show how to propagate some fields, in particular a Bessel field, a superposition of Airy beams, both over the square root of the radial coordinate, and show how to construct a field that reproduces itself periodically in propagation, i.e., a field that renders the Talbot effect. Additionally, it is shown that the superposition of Airy beams produces self-focusing.

Translated title of the contributionGeneración de campos tipo Talbot
Original languageEnglish
Article number16262
JournalScientific Reports
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

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