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Abruptly Focusing and Defocusing Needles of Light

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Abstract

Fourier optics enforces a tradeoff between length and narrowness in electromagnetic wavepackets. We present a family of electromagnetic wavepackets that overcomes this tradeoff, abruptly focusing to and defocusing from intensity hotspots of any aspect ratio.

© 2017 Optical Society of America

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