Three-dimensional simultaneous arbitrary-way orbital angular momentum generator for future communication applications

Author(s):  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Li Deng ◽  
Wei Jun Hong ◽  
Shu Fang Li
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Yong Ge ◽  
Hong-xiang Sun ◽  
Haoran Xue ◽  
Ding Jia ◽  
...  

AbstractCrystalline materials can host topological lattice defects that are robust against local deformations, and such defects can interact in interesting ways with the topological features of the underlying band structure. We design and implement a three dimensional acoustic Weyl metamaterial hosting robust modes bound to a one-dimensional topological lattice defect. The modes are related to topological features of the bulk bands, and carry nonzero orbital angular momentum locked to the direction of propagation. They span a range of axial wavenumbers defined by the projections of two bulk Weyl points to a one-dimensional subspace, in a manner analogous to the formation of Fermi arc surface states. We use acoustic experiments to probe their dispersion relation, orbital angular momentum locked waveguiding, and ability to emit acoustic vortices into free space. These results point to new possibilities for creating and exploiting topological modes in three-dimensional structures through the interplay between band topology in momentum space and topological lattice defects in real space.


2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed H. Dorrah ◽  
Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán ◽  
Andrew Forbes ◽  
Mo Mojahedi

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-550
Author(s):  
Joshua K. Hamilton ◽  
Simon J. Berry ◽  
Joseph H. Spencer ◽  
Christopher R. Lawrence ◽  
Francis C. Smith ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Li Deng ◽  
Wei Jun Hong ◽  
Wei Xiang Jiang ◽  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Huang ◽  
Guodong Xie ◽  
Yan Yan ◽  
Nisar Ahmed ◽  
Yongxiong Ren ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schemmel ◽  
Stefania Maccalli ◽  
Giampaolo Pisano ◽  
Bruno Maffei ◽  
Ming Wah Richard Ng

Author(s):  
Gerard Nienhuis

The insight that a beam of light can carry orbital angular momentum (AM) in its propagation direction came up in 1992 as a surprise. Nevertheless, the existence of momentum and AM of an electromagnetic field has been well known since the days of Maxwell. We compare the expressions for densities of AM in general three-dimensional modes and in paraxial modes. Despite their classical nature, these expressions have a suggestive quantum mechanical appearance, in terms of linear operators acting on mode functions. In addition, paraxial wave optics has several analogies with real quantum mechanics, both with the wave function of a free quantum particle and with a quantum harmonic oscillator. We discuss how these analogies can be applied. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Optical orbital angular momentum’.


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