Vetter, CDudley, Angela LSzameit, AForbes, A2017-10-042017-10-042017-08Vetter, C., Dudley, A.L., Szameit, A. et al. 2017. Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams. Optics EXPRESS, vol. 25(17): 20530-205401094-4087https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.020530https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-25-17-20530http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9635© 2017 Optical Society of America. This is an Open Access article.Accelerating waves have received significant attention of late, first in the optical domain and later in the form of electron matter waves, and have found numerous applications in non-linear optics, material processing, microscopy, particle manipulation and laser plasma interactions. Here we create angular accelerating light beams with a potentially unlimited acceleration rate. By employing wavelength independent digital holograms for the creation and propagation of white light beams, we are able to study the resulting propagation in real and virtual space. We find that dephasing occurs for real propagation and that this can be compensated for in a virtual propagation scheme when single plane dynamics are important. Our work offers new insights into the propagation dynamics of such beams and provides a versatile tool for further investigations into propagating structured light fields.enLaser beam shapingDigital holographySpatial light modulatorsArticleVetter, C., Dudley, A. L., Szameit, A., & Forbes, A. (2017). Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9635Vetter, C, Angela L Dudley, A Szameit, and A Forbes "Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9635Vetter C, Dudley AL, Szameit A, Forbes A. Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9635.TY - Article AU - Vetter, C AU - Dudley, Angela L AU - Szameit, A AU - Forbes, A AB - Accelerating waves have received significant attention of late, first in the optical domain and later in the form of electron matter waves, and have found numerous applications in non-linear optics, material processing, microscopy, particle manipulation and laser plasma interactions. Here we create angular accelerating light beams with a potentially unlimited acceleration rate. By employing wavelength independent digital holograms for the creation and propagation of white light beams, we are able to study the resulting propagation in real and virtual space. We find that dephasing occurs for real propagation and that this can be compensated for in a virtual propagation scheme when single plane dynamics are important. Our work offers new insights into the propagation dynamics of such beams and provides a versatile tool for further investigations into propagating structured light fields. DA - 2017-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Laser beam shaping KW - Digital holography KW - Spatial light modulators LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 1094-4087 T1 - Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams TI - Real and virtual propagation dynamics of angular accelerating white light beams UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9635 ER -