Propagation properties of controllable anomalous hollow beams in strongly nonlocal nonlinear media

Abstract

The evolution properties of controllable anomalous hollow beams (CAHBs) in strongly nonlocal nonlinear medium are studied theoretically and numerically. The CAHB has a circular light intensity distribution, but there is a solid light intensity peak in the center. By changing initial parameters, the central and peripheral light intensities can be adjusted, so the CAHB can represent many different types of beams. The CAHBs in strongly nonlocal media shows a very rich variety of propagation characteristics. The transmission evolution properties of CAHBs, such as the light intensity distribution, the beam width and the on-axis light intensity, are mainly studied. The results show that by choosing appropriate initial parameters, the light intensity pattern of CAHBs can remain unchanged and form solitons, but also change periodically. The beam width of CAHBs can be widened or compressed in two transverse directions at the same time, or widened in one direction and compressed in the other direction. Some typical transmission characteristics are illustrated by numerical simulation, and the role of various parameters in transmission evolution is analyzed.

Keywords

• Optical nonlocal medium
• Controllable anomalous hollow beam
• Beam propagation and evolution