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Abstract:
A type of chirped Airy Gaussian vortex (CAiGV) localized wave packets in a quadratic index medium are studied by solving the paraxial differential equation. For the first time, the propagation properties of spatiotemporal CAiGV light bullets in the quadratic index medium are demonstrated. Some typical examples of the obtained solutions are based on the temporal and spatial chirp parameters, the initial velocity, the distribution factor, and the topological charge. The radiation force of the spatial CAiGV wave packet on a Rayleigh dielectric particle has the periodically reversion and recovery abilities due to the quadratic potential. What we report here can obtain different radiation force trajectory and may have potential application in optical tweezing and bio-medical field.
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