In this work we compute the wavefronts and the caustics associated with the solutions to the
scalar wave equation introduced by Durnin in elliptical cylindrical coordinates generated by …

Nondiffracting beams (NDBs) have presented significant utility across various fields for their
unique properties of self-healing, anti-diffraction, and high-localized intensity distribution …

A single Bessel beam (BB) enables the scalable optical writing of waveguide devices with
multiple inputs and outputs in a nonlinear medium. For this purpose, we experimentally …

We theoretically and experimentally study the propagation properties of the circular Airy
beam (CAB) with a Gaussian envelope in Fourier space. The two parameters of the …

We report the generation of asymmetric Mathieu beams: invariant intensity optical profiles
that can be described by three parameters. The first one describes the amount of ellipticity …

A new method based on four photoelastic modulators (PEMs) and a charged couple device
(CCD) camera, to rapidly image the samples' entire Mueller matrix, is proposed and …

A method for solving ordinary differential equations based in evolutionary algorithms is
introduced. The concept of Taylor series matrix is defined, allowing to transform a differential …

We put forward a robust technique to encode a plethora of arbitrary images as nondiffracting
beams by optimizing their respective phase components. This technique works directly …

We numerically study photo-induced waveguides using a single Bessel beam in a
photorefractive (PR) medium. Under self-focusing nonlinearity, we demonstrate the …

We propose the use of the parallel tabu search algorithm (PTS) to solve combinatorial
inverse design problems in integrated photonics. To assess the potential of this algorithm …