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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Laser Physics
    • Beam Shaping Technology

    Background:

    • Conventional bottle beams possess limitations in shape adaptability and self-acceleration paths.
    • Existing methods restrict beam components to fixed shapes along paraxial trajectories.
    • Tailoring optical beams for specific applications remains a significant challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate arbitrarily shaped Mathieu bottle beams (MBBs) using a novel geometric factor design.
    • To enable simultaneous tailoring of longitudinal and transversal beam shapes.
    • To overcome the shape and path limitations of conventional bottle beams.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing geometric factor design principles.
    • Elaborately selecting elliptical trajectory parameters.
    • Correspondingly selecting beam orders to achieve desired beam characteristics.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully generated arbitrarily shaped Mathieu bottle beams (MBBs).
    • Achieved simultaneous control over diverse longitudinal and transversal beam shapes.
    • Demonstrated ideal symmetric and abrupt autofocusing properties at both ends of the MBBs.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed method allows for unprecedented control over optical bottle beam generation.
    • Arbitrarily shaped MBBs offer enhanced capabilities compared to conventional beams.
    • These MBBs are expected to advance optical manipulation and communication technologies.