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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Laser Physics

    Background:

    • Accelerating beams are a significant area of current optics research.
    • Generalized polygon beams (AGPBs) exhibit unique propagation dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the evolving phases of accelerating generalized polygon beams (AGPBs).
    • To propose a novel method for generating AGPBs.
    • To understand the role of phase terms in AGPB evolution and control their properties.

    Main Methods:

    • Studying the evolving phases of AGPBs.
    • Developing a new method for AGPB generation.
    • Manipulating low-frequency phases in the high power region.

    Main Results:

    • AGPBs can be reconstructed by evolving low-frequency phases in a high power region.
    • The size and quantity of AGPB intensity peaks can be easily controlled by manipulating low-frequency evolving phases.
    • The dominant role of phase terms in AGPB evolution was confirmed.

    Conclusions:

    • Phase manipulation is key to controlling AGPB properties.
    • AGPBs exhibit self-healing properties.
    • AGPBs show potential for applications in optical trapping of microparticles.