Abstract
We study the generation of linear and nonlinear nonparaxial self-accelerating beams propagating along circular trajectories, preserving their shapes even under nonlinearity. These large-angle self-bending beams are observed directly in colloidal suspensions of polystyrene nanoparticles.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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