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Anomalous Propagation Characteristics of an Airy Beam in Nonlocal Nonlinear Medium

  • Wu, Yun-Long (State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology) ;
  • Ye, Qin (State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology) ;
  • Shao, Li (State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, National University of Defense Technology)
  • Received : 2020.11.20
  • Accepted : 2021.01.15
  • Published : 2021.04.25
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Abstract

The anomalous propagation characteristics of a single Airy beam in nonlocal nonlinear medium are investigated by utilizing the split-step Fourier-transform method. We show that besides the normal straight propagation trajectory, the breathing solitons formed by the interaction between Airy beam and nonlocal nonlinear medium can propagate along the sinusoidal trajectory, and the anomalous trajectory can be modulated arbitrarily by altering the initial amplitude and the nonlocal nonlinear coefficient. In addition, the initial amplitude and the nonlocal nonlinear coefficient can have inverse impacts on the formation and transformation of the equilibrium state of spatial solitons, when the two parameters are larger than certain values. Therefore, the reversible transformation of the evolution dynamics of two soliton states can be realized by adjusting those two parameters properly. Finally, it is shown that the propagation properties of the solitons formed by the interaction between Airy beam and nonlocal nonlinear medium can be controlled arbitrarily, by adjusting the distribution factor and nonlocal coefficient.

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