Active sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light with a cascaded tunable resonator

Shibiao Wei; Stuart K. Earl; Jiao Lin; Shan Shan Kou; Xiao-Cong Yuan

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0243-x

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Active sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light with a cascaded tunable resonator

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- Active sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light with a cascaded tunable resonator
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 1, Pages: 89-98(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro-Scale Optical Information Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  2.Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
  3.School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
  4.School of Physics, The University of Melbourne, Tin Alley, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Author bio：
  
  Jiao Lin (jiao.lin@unimelb.edu.au)
  Shan Shan Kou (s.kou@latrobe.edu.au)
  Xiao-Cong Yuan (xcyuan@szu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-0243-x
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- Published：2020，
  
  Published Online：28 January 2020，
  
  Received：24 August 2019，
  
  Revised：23 December 2019，
  
  Accepted：25 December 2019
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Wei, S. B. et al. Active sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light with a cascaded tunable resonator. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 89–98 (2020).
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Wei, S. B. et al. Active sorting of orbital angular momentum states of light with a cascaded tunable resonator. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 89–98 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-0243-x.

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The orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light has been shown to be useful in diverse fields ranging from astronomy and optical trapping to optical communications and data storage. However

one of the primary impediments preventing such applications from widespread adoption is the lack of a straightforward and dynamic method to sort incident OAM states without altering the states. Here

we report a technique that can dynamically filter individual OAM states and preserve the incident OAM states for subsequent processing. Although the working principle of this technique is based on resonance

the device operation is not limited to a particular wavelength. OAM states with different wavelengths can resonate in the resonator without any additional modulation other than changing the length of the cavity. Consequently

we are able to demonstrate a reconfigurable OAM sorter that is constructed by cascading such optical resonators. This approach does not require specially designed components and is readily amenable to integration into potential applications.

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