Design of a novel quasi-Airy beam generator: Airy optical fiber

We report and demonstrate a novel quasi-Airy beam generator based on a microstructured optical fiber: Airy optical fiber. We show that the three Airy beam characteristics are inherited or partially inherited for the output optical beam from the Airy optical fiber end, i.e. the ability of beam accelerating, beam diffraction-free and self healing. The simulation results are agreement with the theoretical analysis of the theoretical model.