We experimentally study the generation of a partially coherent non-diffractive beam by focusing a partially coherent vortex beam with an axieon. The investigation results show that when the partially coherent vortex b...We experimentally study the generation of a partially coherent non-diffractive beam by focusing a partially coherent vortex beam with an axieon. The investigation results show that when the partially coherent vortex beam is focused by the axicon, the beam is transferred into a partially coherent higher-order non-diffractive beam. In the non-diffractive zone, the transverse intensity distribution of the partially coherent higher-order non-diffractive beam is invariant during propagation. In addition, the range of the non-diffractive zone is related to the coherence of the partially coherent vortex beam. The poorer the coherence of the partially coherent vortex beam, the shorter the range of the non-diffractive zone.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60977068)the Foundations of the State Key Laboratory for Transient Optical and Photonic Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.SKL ST200912)
文摘We experimentally study the generation of a partially coherent non-diffractive beam by focusing a partially coherent vortex beam with an axieon. The investigation results show that when the partially coherent vortex beam is focused by the axicon, the beam is transferred into a partially coherent higher-order non-diffractive beam. In the non-diffractive zone, the transverse intensity distribution of the partially coherent higher-order non-diffractive beam is invariant during propagation. In addition, the range of the non-diffractive zone is related to the coherence of the partially coherent vortex beam. The poorer the coherence of the partially coherent vortex beam, the shorter the range of the non-diffractive zone.