• DocumentCode
    3701277
  • Title

    Photonic integrated devices for exploiting the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light in optical communications

  • Author

    Marc Sorel;Michael J. Strain;Siyuan Yu;Xinlun Cai

  • Author_Institution
    School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LT, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We discuss the development of silicon photonic microring resonators for the emission of optical vortex beams. These devices offer great potential for high capacity short-reach optical interconnects thanks to their compactness, low power consumption and fast reconfigurability.
  • Keywords
    "Optical resonators","Gratings","Optical switches","Optical fiber communication","Optical fibers","Optical vortices"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341974
  • Filename
    7341974