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    • Beam Physics

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    • Accelerating beams are crucial for various applications, but controlling their sidelobes remains a challenge.
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    • To present a novel approach for generating accelerating beams with significantly reduced sidelobes.
    • To enhance the applicability of accelerating beams in diverse scientific and industrial fields.

    Main Methods:

    • A two-step angular spectrum design was employed.
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    • A stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm optimized binary amplitude modulation.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method successfully reduced sidelobe intensity of accelerating beams by over 50%.
    • Experimental validation confirmed the significant sidelobe reduction.

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