Concepedia

Efficient multiplexing and demultiplexing of free-space orbital angular momentum using photonic integrated circuits

Nicolas K. Fontaine, C.R. Doerr, L.L. Buhl

Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2012 · 52 citations · 8 references

DOI

Concepts

Abstract

We present a silicon photonic integrated circuit for multiplexing and demul-tiplexing beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM) into single-mode waveguides. Successful demultiplexing of nine azimuthally polarized OAM modes show potential for spatial multiplexing.

References

8

Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

L. Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A · 1992 · 10.3K citations

, , +12

Measuring the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Single Photon

Jonathan Leach, Miles J. Padgett, Stephen M. Barnett et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 1.1K citations

, , +15

Efficient Sorting of Orbital Angular Momentum States of Light

Gregorius C. G. Berkhout, Martin P. J. Lavery, Johannes Courtial et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2010 · 1.1K citations · Full text

, , +16

Turbulence-induced channel crosstalk in an orbital angular momentum-multiplexed free-space optical link

Jaime A. Anguita, Mark A. Neifeld, Bane Vasić · Applied Optics · 2008 · 449 citations

, , +15

Deep-space and near-Earth optical communications by coded orbital angular momentum (OAM) modulation

Ivan B. Djordjević · Optics Express · 2011 · 177 citations · Full text

, , +16