Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 8, 082601(2021)

Temporal Airy–Talbot effect in linear optical potentials

Tianwen Han1, Hao Chen1, Wenwan Li1, Bing Wang1、*, and Peixiang Lu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Oct. 7, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 21, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 27, 2021

    The Author Email: Bing Wang (wangbing@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.082601

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