Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 20, 2026003(2022)

Design of Non-Paraxial Accelerating Array Beams Based on Wigner Function

Yi Li, Xingchun Chu*, Zhongxiang Han, and Hanling Tang
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  • Communication System Teaching and Researching Office, Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi′an710077, Shaanxi , China
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    A tunable non-paraxial accelerating beam generation method is proposed, which can make the beam propagate along arbitrary convex trajectories without paraxial approximation. The explicit expression between amplitude phase in Fourier space and accelerating propagation trajectory is derived by using the Wigner function and the caustics principle. Moreover, a non-paraxial accelerating array beam with self-focusing properties is generated by designing the initial angular spectra of the Fourier space. The influences of beam number, array radius, and beam parameter size on focus position and autofocus performance are analyzed. The results show that the self-focusing array beam generated by this method breaks through the limit of paraxial approximation, and the beam trajectory and control method are more flexible and efficient.

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    Yi Li, Xingchun Chu, Zhongxiang Han, Hanling Tang. Design of Non-Paraxial Accelerating Array Beams Based on Wigner Function[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(20): 2026003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Mar. 8, 2022

    Accepted: May. 3, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2022

    The Author Email: Chu Xingchun (kejdcxc@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.2026003

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