Title :
Demonstration of OAM mode distortions monitoring using interference-based phase reconstruction
Author :
Huang, Hao ; Ren, Yongxiong ; Ahmed, Nisar ; Yan, Yan ; Yue, Yang ; Bozovich, Amanda ; Yang, Jeng-Yuan ; Birnbaum, Kevin ; Choi, John ; Erkmen, Baris ; Dolinar, Sam ; Tur, Moshe ; Willner, Alan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present OAM mode distortion monitoring by using an interferometer with π/2 phase-shift to reconstruct the phase profile without any movement of instruments. Monitoring of distortion caused by misalignment and atmospheric turbulence are successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
angular momentum; atmospheric optics; atmospheric turbulence; light interference; optical distortion; optical information processing; phase shifting interferometry; quantum optics; OAM mode distortion monitoring; atmospheric turbulence; interference based phase reconstruction; light interferometer; misalignment distortion; orbital angular momentum; phase profile reconstruction; phase-shift interferometer; Atmospheric measurements; Distortion measurement; Image reconstruction; Laser beams; Monitoring; Phase distortion; Phase measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
