(3+1)-dimensional localized self-accelerating Airy elegant Ince–Gaussian wave packets and their radiation forces in free space.

We construct analytically linear self-accelerating Airy elegant Ince–Gaussian wave packet solutions from (3+1)-dimensional potential-free Schrödinger equation. These wave packets have elliptical geometry and show different characteristics when the parameters (p,m) and ellipticity ε are adjusted. We investigate these characteristics both analytically and numerically and give the 3-dimensional intensity and phase distribution of these wave packets. Lastly, we analyze the radiation forces on a Rayleigh dielectric particle. In addition, we also find an interesting phenomenon that if the energy distribution between every part of wave packets is uneven at the input plane, the energy will be transferred between every part in the process of transmission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]