Tight focusing of radially polarized ultrashort light pulses: slow light and pulse compression

Jixiong Pu; Huichuan Lin; Haosen Pu; Ziyang Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2269388

18 April 2017 Tight focusing of radially polarized ultrashort light pulses: slow light and pulse compression

Jixiong Pu, Huichuan Lin, Haosen Pu, Ziyang Chen

Proceedings Volume 10252, Optical Manipulation Conference; 1025218 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269388
Event: SPIE Technologies and Applications of Structured Light, 2017, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

We investigate the tight focusing of radially polarized ultrashort pulse laser beam. It is found that pulse delay phenomenon occurs near the focus. This is, near the focus, the photon travels slower than the speed of light.

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Jixiong Pu, Huichuan Lin, Haosen Pu, and Ziyang Chen "Tight focusing of radially polarized ultrashort light pulses: slow light and pulse compression", Proc. SPIE 10252, Optical Manipulation Conference, 1025218 (18 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269388

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