abstract
- © 2014 SPIE.The intensity distributions of self-focusing dual Airy beams are studied analytically by means of their statistical moments. Closed form expressions are derived that allow the determination of the focal shift through two different criteria; the first one is based on the second moment of the intensity whereas the second takes advantage of the beams symmetry to employ encircled-power calculations for defining the focus. Our results confirm the existence of a focal shift as expected, and show an effective quadratic dependence on the truncation parameter of the Airy beams.