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Sum-frequency generation of ring-Airy beams

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Ring-Airy beams have attracted increasing interest owing to its unusual ability to abruptly autofocus toward the focal point along a parabolic trajectory. Such beams are mainly generated via spatial light modulators, which usually can only provide specific wavelength range. Here, we demonstrate the sum-frequency generation (SFG) of autofocusing ring-Airy beams both theoretically and experimentally. Our results show that the complex amplitudes of signals that govern autofocusing properties are transferred into the SFG beams, where, especially, the focal lengths are also increased with the wavelength decreasing. This proof-of principle work demonstrates a feasible and flexible way to extend the wavelength range of the abruptly autofocusing beams for matching wider applications.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (62075050, 61975047) and the High-Level Talents Project of Heilongjiang Province (Grant No. 2020GSP12).

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Qi, T., Wang, D. & Gao, W. Sum-frequency generation of ring-Airy beams. Appl. Phys. B 128, 67 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-022-07786-y

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