Efficient measurement of an optical orbital-angular-momentum spectrum comprising more than 50 states

A light beam may be separated into its orbital-angular momentum (OAM) components by a geometric optical transformation that converts each OAM component into a plane wave with a transverse phase gradient. Subsequent focusing produces a spot the lateral position of which is proportional to the input O...

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Main Authors: Martin P J Lavery, David J Robertson, Anna Sponselli, Johannes Courtial, Nicholas K Steinhoff, Glenn A Tyler, Alan E Willner, Miles J Padgett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/1/013024