Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 10, 102601(2023)

Generation of shaping nondiffracting structured caustic beams on the basis of stationary phase principle

Rijian Chen, Yile Shi, Ning Gong, Yefeng Liu, and Zhijun Ren*
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  • Key Laboratory of Optical Information Detecting and Display Technology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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    Shaping nondiffracting structured caustic beams. (a) Astroid; (b) deltoid; (c) cardioid; (d) pentagram caustics. (a1)–(d1) Caustic lines; (a2)–(d2) phase distributions; (a3)–(d3) ray pictures; (a4)–(d4) simulated transverse intensities of the astroid, deltoid, cardioid, and pentagram caustics, respectively.
    Theoretical simulations of astroid caustic with different q. (a) q = 0; (b) q = 5; (c) q = 10; (d) q = 15.
    Experimental system of generating caustic beams.
    Experimental recorded graphs of nondiffracting caustic beams with the same parameters as that in Fig. 1.
    Experimental recorded graphs of astroid caustic beams with the same parameters as that in Fig. 2.
    Astroid caustic beams at different propagation distances after the axicon. (a1)–(d1) Simulation intensity graphs; (a2)–(d2) experimental recorded intensity graphs. Propagation distances: (a1), (a2) z = 50 cm; (b1), (b2) z = 60 cm; (c1), (c2) z = 70 cm; (d1), (d2) z = 80 cm.
    • Table 1. Parametric Expressions for Different Curves

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      Table 1. Parametric Expressions for Different Curves

      Type of Curvex(φ)y(φ)
      Deltoid1/k [−9q cos(3φ)cos(φ)−3q sin(3φ)sin(φ)]1/k [−9q cos(3φ)sin(φ)+3q sin(3φ)cos(φ)]
      Cardioid1/k [2q cos(φ)−q cos(2φ)]1/k [2q sin(φ)−q sin(2φ)]
      Pentagram1/k [−25 q sin (5φ) cos (φ) + 5q cos ( 5 φ) sin (φ)]1/k [−25q sin (5φ) sin (φ)−5 q cos (5φ) cos (φ)]
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    Rijian Chen, Yile Shi, Ning Gong, Yefeng Liu, Zhijun Ren. Generation of shaping nondiffracting structured caustic beams on the basis of stationary phase principle[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(10): 102601

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Mar. 24, 2023

    Accepted: May. 11, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 4, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhijun Ren (renzhijun@zjnu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.102601

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