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标题：Design, transform and control of optical field in discrete optical system: an example
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作者：Hongchang Deng ; Yonggui Yuan ; Libo Yuan 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1038/s41598-017-05414-w
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：A discrete optical system can broaden the spatial distribution of the input light through optical coupling in array waveguides, just like diffraction in continuous media. Here, we theoretically demonstrate several kinds of control methods of optical field propagation in a discrete optical system, which is composed of an Airy fiber with two perpendicular arrayed cores. A brief transform mechanism between Gaussian and Airy beam propagation in such a fiber is presented. The wavefront of the output beam from the Airy fiber is actually dependent on the phased arrayed modulation of coupling array cores. Except the optical wavelength changing, we propose two new methods, including fiber length and bending-induced refractive-index changing, to accomplish that modulation. The calculation results show that these new methods are very effective for the Airy phase modulation. By combining these methods and controlling the corresponding parameters, the Gaussian beam, the one-dimension Airy beam, and the two-dimension Airy beam can be obtained by one same Airy fiber. These methods are also generally applicable to the other discrete optical system and can be extended to generate any other types of optical beams, such as Bessel beams and Mathieu beams.