Generation of autofocusing beams with multi-Airy beams

    Authors

    Z. Zhang; J. J. Liu; P. Zhang; P. G. Ni; P. Jai; Y. Hu; D. S. Jiang; N. C. Demetrios;Z. G. Chen

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Acta Phys. Sin.

    Keywords

    Airy beam; auto-focusing beam; laser combination; spatial light; modulation; WAVES; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    Thus far, focusing a single beam and combining multi-optical Gaussian beams have become two major methods of locally enhancing output laser intensity. In this paper, we propose a method of generating free space auto-focusing beams by combining multiple one-dimensional Airy beams. By employing split-step beam propagation method, auto-focusing beams generated by four and eight one-dimensional Airy beams are numerically simulated, and their intensity distributions are displayed from both transverse plane and side-view propagation. By utilizing a spatial light modulator and computer generated phase masks, these auto-focusing beams are experimentally demonstrated. Our experimental results accord well with the numerical simulations.

    Journal Title

    Acta Physica Sinica

    Volume

    62

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    Chinese

    First Page

    6

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000316818900027

    ISSN

    1000-3290

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