Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 10, (2025)

Three-dimensional abruptly autofocusing by counter-propagating Airy pulses with radial Airy beam profile [Early Posting]

Park Youngbin, Su Xiaolin , CAO Qian, Chong Andy
Author Affiliations
  • Pusan National University
  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • China
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    We report the experimental observation of a three- dimensional abruptly autofocusing effect by synthesiz- ing a radially distributed Airy beam with two counter- propagating Airy pulses in time. As the wave packet propagates in a dispersive medium, the radially dis- tributed Airy beam converges inward to the center point. Two Airy pulses counter-propagate toward each other to merge to form a high peak power pulse. As the result, the high intensity emerges abruptly as the wave packet achieves three-dimensional focusing. This autofocusing effect is believed to have potential applications such as material modification, plasma physics, nanoparticle manipulations, etc.

    Paper Information

    Manuscript Accepted: May. 15, 2025

    Posted: Jun. 9, 2025

    DOI: COL-0281