Caustic beams using digital micromirror device

Authors

  • Joshua Cesar Mission Lorenzo ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Miguel Lao Revilla ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Jadze Princeton Narag ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Nathaniel Hermosa ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Keywords:

Caustic, Bessel beam, Digital Micromirror Device, Self-Healing, Catastrophe, Structured Light, Optics

Abstract

We generated caustic beams using a digital micromirror device (DMD) experimentally. By uploading annuluses of various eccentricities to the DMD, we were able to produce caustic beams of different dimensions readily. These caustic beams were found to have the property of form-invariance. They also exhibit self-healing when partially obstructed by an obstacle. Furthermore, qualitative analysis shows that caustic beams produced from annuluses of greater eccentricity take a longer propagation distance to self-heal than those produced using annuluses with less eccentricity.

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Published

2017-06-07

Issue

2017: Proceedings of the 35th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Section

Poster Session A (Materials Science, Instrumentation, and Photonics)

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“Caustic beams using digital micromirror device”, Proc. SPP, vol. 35, no. 1, p. SPP-2017-PA-13, Jun. 2017, Accessed: Apr. 30, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2017-PA-13