Syncopated Bessel beams

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Main Authors: Ramos-Prieto, Irán, Ruíz, Ulises, Julián-Macías, Israel, Soto-Eguibar, Francisco, Sánchez-de-la-Llave, David, Moya-Cessa, Héctor M.
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author Ramos-Prieto, Irán
Ruíz, Ulises
Julián-Macías, Israel
Soto-Eguibar, Francisco
Sánchez-de-la-Llave, David
Moya-Cessa, Héctor M.
author_facet Ramos-Prieto, Irán
Ruíz, Ulises
Julián-Macías, Israel
Soto-Eguibar, Francisco
Sánchez-de-la-Llave, David
Moya-Cessa, Héctor M.
contents We introduce the syncopated Bessel beam, a new class of exact solutions to the paraxial equation obtained by means of a sinusoidal modulation of the azimuthal phase at the source. This modulation imposes a phase rhythm that deliberately breaks the azimuthal symmetry, analogous to musical syncopation, and triggers a topological transformation that deflects the propagation trajectory and shifts the beam's center of symmetry off the optical axis, while preserving its self-scaling invariance that can be explained by the Madelung-Bohm formalism. An exact analytical framework, supported by experimental validation, reveals the intrinsic structural robustness and preservation of topological properties through propagation.
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spellingShingle Syncopated Bessel beams
Ramos-Prieto, Irán
Ruíz, Ulises
Julián-Macías, Israel
Soto-Eguibar, Francisco
Sánchez-de-la-Llave, David
Moya-Cessa, Héctor M.
Optics
We introduce the syncopated Bessel beam, a new class of exact solutions to the paraxial equation obtained by means of a sinusoidal modulation of the azimuthal phase at the source. This modulation imposes a phase rhythm that deliberately breaks the azimuthal symmetry, analogous to musical syncopation, and triggers a topological transformation that deflects the propagation trajectory and shifts the beam's center of symmetry off the optical axis, while preserving its self-scaling invariance that can be explained by the Madelung-Bohm formalism. An exact analytical framework, supported by experimental validation, reveals the intrinsic structural robustness and preservation of topological properties through propagation.
title Syncopated Bessel beams
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23881