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Chin. Phys. B, 2020, Vol. 29(6): 064204    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab84d2
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Three-Airy autofocusing beams

Xiao-Hong Zhang(张小红)1, Fei-Li Wang(王飞利)1, Lu-Yang Bai(白露阳)1, Ci-Bo Lou(楼慈波)1, Yi Liang(梁毅)2
1 Institute of Photonics, School of Physics Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China;
2 Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, Center on Nanoenergy Research, School of Physics Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
Abstract  We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that a three-Airy autofocusing beam can be generated by superposing three deformed two-dimensional (2D) Airy beams with a triangle symmetry. When the initial angle between two wings of the deformed 2D Airy beams increases, such a three-Airy autofocusing beam exhibits that the focusing length decreases and the intensity contrast at the focal point changes. Moreover, after introducing an optical vortex phase, this three-Airy autofocusing beam displays a transverse rotation in propagation. The rotation angle is determined by the topological charge of the vortex and the initial wing angle. Our results may have some potential applications in optical manipulation.
Keywords:  three-Airy autofocusing beam      triangle symmetry      optical vortex  
Received:  16 January 2020      Revised:  06 March 2020      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.25.-p (Wave optics)  
  42.25.Fx (Diffraction and scattering)  
  42.30.Kq (Fourier optics)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11604058), the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo City, China (Grant No. ZX2015000617), the K C Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University, China, and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Grant Nos. 2016GXNSFBA380244 and 2015GXNSFBA139011).
Corresponding Authors:  Ci-Bo Lou, Yi Liang     E-mail:  loucibo@nbu.edu.cn;liangyi@gxu.edu.cn

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Xiao-Hong Zhang(张小红), Fei-Li Wang(王飞利), Lu-Yang Bai(白露阳), Ci-Bo Lou(楼慈波), Yi Liang(梁毅) Three-Airy autofocusing beams 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 064204

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