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Guided Self-Accelerating Airy Beams—A Mini-Review
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: Received: 20 March 2017 / Approved: 20 March 2017 / Online: 20 March 2017 (09:48:40 CET)
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Zhang, Y.; Zhong, H.; Belić, M.R.; Zhang, Y. Guided Self-Accelerating Airy Beams—A Mini-Review. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 341. Zhang, Y.; Zhong, H.; Belić, M.R.; Zhang, Y. Guided Self-Accelerating Airy Beams—A Mini-Review. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 341.
Abstract
Owing to the nondiffracting, self-accelerating, and self-healing properties, Airy beams of different nature have become a subject of immense interest in the past decade. Their interesting properties have opened doors to many diverse applications. Consequently, the questions of how to properly design spatial manipulation of Airy beams or how to implement them in different setups have become important and timely in the development of various optical devices. Here, based on our previous work, we present a short review on the spatial control of Airy beams, including the interactions of Airy beams in nonlinear media, beam propagation in harmonic potential, and the dynamics of abruptly autofocusing Airy beams in the presence of a dynamic linear potential. We demonstrate that under the guidance of nonlinearity and external potential, the trajectory, acceleration, structure, and even the basic properties of Airy beams can be adjusted to suit specific needs. We describe other fascinating phenomena observed with Airy beams, such as self-Fourier transformation, periodic inversion of Airy beams, and the appearance of spatial solitons in the presence of nonlinearity. These results have promoted the development of Airy beams, and have been utilized in various applications, including particle manipulation, self-trapping, and electronic matter waves.
Keywords
airy beam; harmonic potential; dynamic linear potential; self-Fourier beam; phase; transition; soliton
Subject
Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics
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