• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 4, 040101 (2019)
Xu Yan1、2、3, Lixin Guo1、2、3、*, Mingjian Cheng2, and Shuirong Chai2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 2School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 3School of Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201917.040101 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xu Yan, Lixin Guo, Mingjian Cheng, Shuirong Chai. Free-space propagation of autofocusing Airy vortex beams with controllable intensity gradients[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(4): 040101 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Intensity and phase distributions of AAVBs for different values of m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5 at the incident plane. (b) Normalized radial intensity plots of (a) in black, red, blue, and purple colors.
    Fig. 1. (a) Intensity and phase distributions of AAVBs for different values of m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5 at the incident plane. (b) Normalized radial intensity plots of (a) in black, red, blue, and purple colors.
    (a) Free propagating AAVBs with m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5. The side-views of AAVB propagation are given in the first column, and the focal planes are marked by the dashed line. The intensity and phase distributions of AAVBs at the focal plane are given in the second and third columns, respectively. (b) Radial intensity plots of AAVBs at the focal plane in colors. The inset shows normalized intensities, amplifying variations in the radii of the primary rings.
    Fig. 2. (a) Free propagating AAVBs with m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5. The side-views of AAVB propagation are given in the first column, and the focal planes are marked by the dashed line. The intensity and phase distributions of AAVBs at the focal plane are given in the second and third columns, respectively. (b) Radial intensity plots of AAVBs at the focal plane in colors. The inset shows normalized intensities, amplifying variations in the radii of the primary rings.
    Multiple random phase screen model.
    Fig. 3. Multiple random phase screen model.
    (a)–(d) Intensity distributions of AAVBs with l=3 for different values of m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5 after propagation through a turbulent optical channel. (e)–(h) Phase cross-sections of AAVBs corresponding to (a)–(d), respectively. Insets are magnified representations of vortex splitting corresponding to the regions marked by the dashed squares, where phase and intensity patterns of each charge-one vortex are indicated by the overlaid white circles and white dotted circles, respectively.
    Fig. 4. (a)–(d) Intensity distributions of AAVBs with l=3 for different values of m=0, 1.6, 3, and 5 after propagation through a turbulent optical channel. (e)–(h) Phase cross-sections of AAVBs corresponding to (a)–(d), respectively. Insets are magnified representations of vortex splitting corresponding to the regions marked by the dashed squares, where phase and intensity patterns of each charge-one vortex are indicated by the overlaid white circles and white dotted circles, respectively.
    Plots of vortex splitting ratio (V) as a function of turbulence strength (D/r0) for (a) l=3 and (b) l=5.
    Fig. 5. Plots of vortex splitting ratio (V) as a function of turbulence strength (D/r0) for (a) l=3 and (b) l=5.
    ParameterValue
    Wavelength (λ)1550 nm
    Transverse scales (ω)0.012 m
    Truncation factor (a)0.1
    Grid numbers (N×N)1024×1024
    Sample grid length5×104m
    Number of phase screen50
    Turbulence strength (D/r0)Varies from 0.96 to 6.6
    Inner scale size0.001 m
    Outer scale size10 m for D/r01.67 and 1 m for D/r0>1.67
    Table 1. Values of Parameters Used in the Simulations
    Xu Yan, Lixin Guo, Mingjian Cheng, Shuirong Chai. Free-space propagation of autofocusing Airy vortex beams with controllable intensity gradients[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2019, 17(4): 040101
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