Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app7040341
Keywords
Airy beam; harmonic potential; dynamic linear potential; self-Fourier beam; phase transition; soliton
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Funding
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M600777]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11474228]
- NPRP [6-021-1-005, 8-028-1-001]
- Qatar National Research Fund (Qatar Foundation)
- Al Sraiya Holding Group
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Owing to their 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 the 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 an 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.
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