Optimizing Ballistic Motion of Partially Coherent Multiple Airy Beams by Quadratic and Linear Phases

Abstract

AbstractBy applying quadratic and linear phase modulations (QPM and LPM), the propagation properties of the partially coherent dual and quad Airy beams which maintain acceleration in free space are studied. They are generated by superimposing two and four partially coherent Airy beams whose phase is modulated in the source field. It is demonstrated that the trajectories of the partially coherent light beams and the location and number of focal points, along with maximum altitude and range of the trajectories can be easily dominated by adjusting the appropriate values of QPM p and LPM l. Furthermore, for the quad case, the transverse spectral density distribution of lacking side lobes exhibits the structure of the optical frame which may be flipped under certain conditions. Both the peak intensity of the beams and the divergence speed of the optical frame can be managed by choosing the different characteristic transverse width of the beams. These results show an energizing new idea in the manipulation of partially coherent multiple fields of accelerating beams.