Modelling the spatial shape of nondiffracting beams: Experimental generation of Frozen Waves via computer generated holograms

TL;DR

This paper experimentally demonstrates the generation of Frozen Waves, a type of nondiffracting optical beam, using computer generated holograms, confirming the method's effectiveness for potential applications in various fields.

Contribution

It provides experimental validation of the Frozen Wave method for shaping nondiffracting beams using holography, advancing practical optical beam control techniques.

Findings

Successful experimental generation of Frozen Waves

Confirmation of the Frozen Wave modeling approach

Potential applications in optical manipulation and sensing

Abstract

In this paper we implement experimentally the spatial shape modelling of nondiffracting optical beams via computer generated holograms. The results reported here are the experimental confirmation of the so called Frozen Wave method, developed few years ago. Optical beams of this type can possess potential applications in optical tweezers, medicine, atom guiding, remote sensing, etc..