Integrated photonic orbital angular momentum devices: Progress, potential applications, and future issues

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyuan Yu ◽  
Xinlun Cai
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Potential Applications

scholarly journals Optical vortex lattice: an exploitation of orbital angular momentum

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liuhao Zhu ◽  
Miaomiao Tang ◽  
Hehe Li ◽  
Yuping Tai ◽  
Xinzhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Optical Tweezers ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Vortex Lattice ◽  
Optical Vortex ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Particle Manipulation ◽  
Complex Motion ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Vortex Beams

Abstract Generally, an optical vortex lattice (OVL) is generated via the superposition of two specific vortex beams. Thus far, OVL has been successfully employed to trap atoms via the dark cores. The topological charge (TC) on each optical vortex (OV) in the lattice is only ±1. Consequently, the orbital angular momentum (OAM) on the lattice is ignored. To expand the potential applications, it is necessary to rediscover and exploit OAM. Here we propose a novel high-order OVL (HO-OVL) that combines the phase multiplication and the arbitrary mode-controllable techniques. TC on each OV in the lattice is up to 51, which generates sufficient OAM to manipulate microparticles. Thereafter, the entire lattice can be modulated to desirable arbitrary modes. Finally, yeast cells are trapped and rotated by the proposed HO-OVL. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first realization of the complex motion of microparticles via OVL. Thus, this work successfully exploits OAM on OVL, thereby revealing potential applications in particle manipulation and optical tweezers.

scholarly journals Controlling Conical Beam Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum with Transmissive Metasurface

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jun Sun ◽  
Ke Chen ◽  
Kai Qu ◽  
Junming Zhao ◽  
Tian Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Full Control ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Conical Radiation ◽  
Conical Beam ◽  
Good Agreement

Conical beams have potential uses in wireless and satellite-based communication. In this study, we propose a method using a transmissive metasurface to achieve full control of the diverging effect of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes to form the desired conical beam. A patch antenna functioning as the feed source is combined with the transmissive metasurface to enable the integration of the source and metasurface. For full control of conical radiation, including the cone angle and OAM mode, we introduce both radial and circumferential phase gradients to the proposed metasurface. Experiments are conducted in the microwave region to validate the design method, which shows good agreement with the simulation results. The proposed metasurface provides a means of flexibly generating conical beams with the designed OAM mode to assist potential applications in high-speed wireless communication.

scholarly journals Orbital angular momentum multiplication in plasmonic vortex cavities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (33) ◽  
pp. eabg5571
Author(s):  
Grisha Spektor ◽  
Eva Prinz ◽  
Michael Hartelt ◽  
Anna-Katharina Mahro ◽  
Martin Aeschlimann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Vortex Lattice ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Pump Probe ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
And Control ◽  
Photoemission Electron

Orbital angular momentum of light is a core feature in photonics. Its confinement to surfaces using plasmonics has unlocked many phenomena and potential applications. Here, we introduce the reflection from structural boundaries as a new degree of freedom to generate and control plasmonic orbital angular momentum. We experimentally demonstrate plasmonic vortex cavities, generating a succession of vortex pulses with increasing topological charge as a function of time. We track the spatiotemporal dynamics of these angularly decelerating plasmon pulse train within the cavities for over 300 femtoseconds using time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy, showing that the angular momentum grows by multiples of the chiral order of the cavity. The introduction of this degree of freedom to tame orbital angular momentum delivered by plasmonic vortices could miniaturize pump probe–like quantum initialization schemes, increase the torque exerted by plasmonic tweezers, and potentially achieve vortex lattice cavities with dynamically evolving topology.

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
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