scholarly journals Manipulating orbital angular momentum of light with tailored in-plane polarization states

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luping Du ◽  
Zhongsheng Man ◽  
Yuquan Zhang ◽  
Changjun Min ◽  
Siwei Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Polarization States

scholarly journals A Review of Tunable Orbital Angular Momentum Modes in Fiber: Principle and Generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lipeng Feng ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Sihan Wu ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Jifang Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Rotation Speed ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Particle Rotation ◽  
Large Capacity ◽  
Linearly Polarized ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Polarization States ◽  
Linearly Polarized Modes

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams, a new fundamental degree of freedom, have excited a great diversity of interest due to a variety of emerging applications. The scalability of OAM has always been a topic of discussion because it plays an important role in many applications, such as expanding to large capacity and adjusting the trapped particle rotation speed. Thus, the generation of arbitrary tunable OAM mode has been paid increasing attention. In this paper, the basic concepts of classical OAM modes are introduced firstly. Then, the tunable OAM modes are categorized into three types according to the orbital angular momentums and polarization states of mode carrying. In order to understand the OAM evolution of a mode intuitively, three kinds of Poincaré spheres (PSs) are introduced to represent the three kinds of tunable OAM modes. Numerous methods generating tunable OAM modes can be roughly divided into two types: spatial and fiber-based generation methods. The principles of fiber-based generation methods are interpreted by introducing two mode bases (linearly-polarized modes and vector modes) of the fiber. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of each generation method are pointed out and the key challenges for tunable OAM modes are discussed.

scholarly journals Holographic Silicon Metasurfaces for Total Angular Momentum Demultiplexing Applications in Telecom

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Ruffato ◽  
Michele Massari ◽  
Pietro Capaldo ◽  
Filippo Romanato
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Silicon Substrate ◽  
Geometric Phase ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Optical Element ◽  
Orthogonal Polarization ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Polarization States

The simultaneous processing of orbital angular momentum (OAM) and polarization has recently acquired particular importance and interest in a wide range of fields ranging from telecommunications to high-dimensional quantum cryptography. Due to their inherently polarization-sensitive optical behavior, Pancharatnam–Berry optical elements (PBOEs), acting on the geometric phase, have proven to be useful for the manipulation of complex light beams with orthogonal polarization states using a single optical element. In this work, different PBOEs have been computed, realized, and optically analyzed for the sorting of beams with orthogonal OAM and polarization states at the telecom wavelength of 1310 nm. The geometric-phase control is obtained by inducing a spatially-dependent form birefringence on a silicon substrate, patterned with properly-oriented subwavelength gratings. The digital grating structure is generated with high-resolution electron beam lithography on a resist mask and transferred to the silicon substrate using inductively coupled plasma-reactive ion etching. The optical characterization of the fabricated samples confirms the expected capability to detect circularly-polarized optical vortices with different handedness and orbital angular momentum.

Advanced Mode Unity Using Loop Antennas Proximate to Reflector for Orbital Angular Momentum Communication

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryohei Yamagishi ◽  
Hiroto Otsuka ◽  
Ryo Ishikawa ◽  
Akira Saitou ◽  
Hiroshi Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Loop Antennas

Highly dispersive coupled ring-core fiber for orbital angular momentum modes

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (19) ◽  
pp. 191101
Author(s):  
Wenpu Geng ◽  
Yiqiao Li ◽  
Yuxi Fang ◽  
Yingning Wang ◽  
Changjing Bao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Core Fiber ◽  
Ring Core

scholarly journals Modal coupling and crosstalk due to turbulence and divergence on free space THz links using multiple orbital angular momentum beams

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Zhao ◽  
Runzhou Zhang ◽  
Hao Song ◽  
Kai Pang ◽  
Ahmed Almaiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Atmospheric Turbulence ◽  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Beam Waist ◽  
Modal Coupling ◽  
Divergence Effect ◽  
Power Leakage ◽  
Calm Weather ◽  
Bad Weather

AbstractOrbital-angular-momentum (OAM) multiplexing has been utilized to increase the channel capacity in both millimeter-wave and optical domains. Terahertz (THz) wireless communication is attracting increasing attention due to its broadband spectral resources. Thus, it might be valuable to explore the system performance of THz OAM links to further increase the channel capacity. In this paper, we study through simulations the fundamental system-degrading effects when using multiple OAM beams in THz communications links under atmospheric turbulence. We simulate and analyze the effects of divergence, turbulence, limited-size aperture, and misalignment on the signal power and crosstalk of THz OAM links. We find through simulations that the system-degrading effects are different in two scenarios with atmosphere turbulence: (a) when we consider the same strength of phasefront distortion, faster divergence (i.e., lower frequency; smaller beam waist) leads to higher power leakage from the transmitted mode to neighbouring modes; and (b) however, when we consider the same atmospheric turbulence, the divergence effect tends to affect the power leakage much less, and the power leakage increases as the frequency, beam waist, or OAM order increases. Simulation results show that: (i) the crosstalk to the neighbouring mode remains < − 15 dB for a 1-km link under calm weather, when we transmit OAM + 4 at 0.5 THz with a beam waist of 1 m; (ii) for the 3-OAM-multiplexed THz links, the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) increases by ~ 5–7 dB if the mode spacing increases by 1, and SIR decreases with the multiplexed mode number; and (iii) limited aperture size and misalignment lead to power leakage to other modes under calm weather, while it tends to be unobtrusive under bad weather.

scholarly journals Switchable X-Ray Orbital Angular Momentum from an Artificial Spin Ice

2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin S. Woods ◽  
Xiaoqian M. Chen ◽  
Rajesh V. Chopdekar ◽  
Barry Farmer ◽  
Claudio Mazzoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Spin Ice ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Artificial Spin Ice
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