Abstract

Caustic optical beams arising from a spectral phase whose power lies in an unusual range of values less than two are presented. Unlike what happens for conventional phase powers greater than two, it is feasible to generate caustic structures having properties that do not follow the established sorting. For instance, an asymptotic cusp caustic beam having a cusp point at infinity is demonstrated. For the sake of completeness, the caustic beam properties are analyzed within the whole real range of the phase power. Accurate behavior rules between the symmetries of the beam spectral phase and its intensity distribution are found. These findings strengthen the fundamentals and engineering on caustic beams in diverse optical and physical branches.

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