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7.3.1. Generation of a 2-dimensional Airy beam from a Gaussian laser beam.

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A two-dimensional Airy beam can be generated by substituting a cubic phase +distribution in a Gaussian beam followed by a Fourier transform by a positive lens. +In the simulation below we repeat the simulations published by +Latychevskaia et al. 1 and we compare the LightPipes simulation with their results.

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  1. Latychevskaia, D. Schachtler, and H.W. Fink, “Creating Airy beams employing a transmissive spatial light modulator”, Appl. Opt. 55, 6095-6101 (2016).

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