The effects of nonlinear phase for the generation and propagation of finite energy Airy beams.

The generation of a high-power finite-energy Airy beam (FEAB) needs a high-power source laser which leads a nonlinear phase into the generation and propagation of the FEAB. We theoretically and numerically investigate how the nonlinear phase affects the generation and propagation of FEAB. The nonlinear phase is associated with the B-integral of the laser system. The second-order term of the nonlinear phase’s Taylor series can theoretically represent the impacts of nonlinear phase with small B-integral. The nonlinear phase significantly changes the peak intensity and the beam shape during the generation and propagation of FEAB. The variation becomes larger with increasing B-integral, and the bigger the truncation coefficient of FEAB, the smaller the B-integral domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]