The ability of Airy light beams to transport microparticles along curved, self-healed paths may lead to useful applications in biology and colloidal science.
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Christodoulides, D. Riding along an Airy beam. Nature Photon 2, 652–653 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.211
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