Hernández-Figueroa H.E., Recami E., Zamboni-Rached M. (Eds.) Non-Diffracting Waves

Wiley-VCH, 2014. — 509 p. — ISBN: 352741195X.This continuation and extension of the successful book "Localized Waves" by the same editors brings together leading researchers in non–diffractive waves to cover the most important results in their field and as such is the first to present the current state. The well–balanced presentation of theory and experiments guides readers through the background of different types of non–diffractive waves, their generation, propagation, and possible applications. The authors include a historical account of the development of the field, and cover different types of non–diffractive waves, including Airy waves and realistic, finite–energy solutions suitable for experimental realization. Apart from basic research, the concepts explained here have promising applications in a wide range of technologies, from wireless communication to acoustics and bio–medical imaging.Non-Diffracting Waves: An Introduction
Localized Waves: Historical and Personal Perspectives
Applications of Propagation Invariant Light Fields
X-Type Waves in Ultrafast Optics
Limited-Diffraction Beams for High-Frame-Rate Imaging
Spatiotemporally Localized Null Electromagnetic Waves
Linearly Traveling and Accelerating Localized Wave Solutions to the Schrödinger and Schrödinger-Like Equations
Rogue X-Waves
Quantum X-Waves and Applications in Nonlinear Optics
TE and TM Optical Localized Beams
Spatiotemporal Localization of Ultrashort-Pulsed Bessel Beams at Extremely Low Light Level
Adaptive Shaping of Nondiffracting Wavepackets for Applications in Ultrashort Pulse Diagnostics
Localized Waves Emanated by Pulsed Sources: The Riemann–Volterra Approach
Propagation-Invariant Optical Beams and Pulses
Diffractionless Nanobeams Produced by Multiple-Waveguide Metallic Nanostructures
Low-Cost 2D Collimation of Real-Time Pulsed Ultrasonic Beams
Localized Beams and Localized Pulses: Generation Using the Angular Spectrum
Lossy Light Bullets
Beyond the Diffraction Limit: Composed Pupils
Experimental Generation of Frozen Waves in Optics: Control of Longitudinal and Transverse Shape of Optical Non-diffracting Waves
Airy Shaped Waves
Solitons and Ultra-Short Optical Waves: The Short-Pulse Equation Versus the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation