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Switchable Second‐Harmonic Generation of Airy Beam and Airy Vortex Beam
Author(s) -
Liu Yuan,
Chen Wei,
Tang Jie,
Xu Xiaoyi,
Chen Peng,
Ma ChaoQun,
Zhang Wang,
Wei BingYan,
Ming Yang,
Cui GuoXin,
Zhang Yong,
Hu Wei,
Lu YanQing
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.202001776
Subject(s) - airy beam , optics , beam (structure) , second harmonic generation , physics , nonlinear optics , vortex , nonlinear system , optical vortex , quantum mechanics , mechanics , laser
Airy beam and Airy vortex beam with intriguing characteristics have been extensively studied in linear optics, while their dynamic nonlinear conversion has rarely been explored and remains challenging. Here, through the collaboration of binary mask engineered nonlinear photonic crystal and space‐variant liquid‐crystal geometric phase element, second‐harmonic Airy beam and Airy vortex beam can be generated in a switchable manner. Electrical‐controlled loading of orbital angular momentum (OAM) into fundamental wave unlocks the flexibility of nonlinear process, which is well investigated in theory and further verified by experiment. Wavelength transformation, OAM conversion, and propagation trajectory inflection are realized simultaneously. This offers a convenient and universal strategy for dynamic nonlinear generation and shows great potentials in optical manipulation and information processing.