Dynamics of three-Airy beams carrying optical vortices

Yana V. Izdebskaya*, Ting Hua Lu, Dragomir N. Neshev, Anton S. Desyatnikov

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    Abstract

    We study numerically and demonstrate experimentally a novel type of singular optical beams formed by the phase imprinting of an optical vortex into the structure of the three-Airy beams. In contrast to a vortex-free product of three Airy beams, in this type of singular-Airy beam, the vortex in the beam axis causes a twist in the beam transverse intensity profile with propagation. Such a new type of singular beams appears especially attractive for applications in optical micromanipulation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)B248-B253
    JournalApplied Optics
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2014

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