The properties of Airy-related beams generated by conjugate and symmetric holograms

摘要

We investigated the propagation and autofocusing properties of three Airy-related beams, which are generated by three holograms with unique conjugation and symmetry. Beam patterns are simulated by using angular spectrum formalism and observed experimentally. The autofocusing behavior of black Airy beam is accompanied by formation of eight intensity peaks in the transversal plane. We find that the effect of non-ideal boundary condition is reflected in the diffraction fringes, and the affected ranges are different for different beams.