Spiral autofocusing Airy beams carrying power-exponent-phase vor...

We propose a new type of noncanonical optical vortex, named "power-exponent-phase vortex (PEPV)". The spiral focusing of the autofocusing Airy beams carrying PEPVs are experimentally demonstrated, and the physical mechanism is theoretically analyzed by using the energy flow and far field mapping. In addition, the influences of the parameters of PEPVs on the focal fields and orbital angular momenta are also discussed. It is expected that the proposed PEPVs and the corresponding conclusions can be