• DocumentCode
    670923
  • Title

    Optical vortices in fibres: A new degree of freedom for mode multiplexing

  • Author

    Ramachandran, Siddharth ; Bozinovic, N. ; Gregg, P. ; Golowich, Steven E. ; Kristensen, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Centre & ECE Dept., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Optical vortices, which carry orbital angular momentum, form infinite-dimensional basis sets of orthogonal states, which make them attractive for mode-division multiplexing systems. We describe recent demonstrations of successfully generating & propagating vortices in optical fibres, and review recent transmission experiments conducted with them.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing; optical fibre networks; optical vortices; degree of freedom; infinite-dimensional basis sets; mode multiplexing; mode-division multiplexing systems; optical fibres; optical vortices; orbital angular momentum; orthogonal states; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical vortices; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706184