title: Investigating the self-healing property of an optical Airy beam.
abstract: We report the theoretical and experimental study of the self-healing property of an Airy beam related to its phase. We find that, even when the phase of an Airy beam is not preserved, the beam still exhibits the self-healing property but undergoes a severe diffraction. To decrease the diffraction effect, we utilize an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) image-cloning system based on position selective absorption effect to further demonstrate the self-healing phenomenon. Our experimental results show excellent agreement with the theoretical analysis.
authors.forename: Liyun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fengjuan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Mingtao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Fuli
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li