Spin-decoupled metasurface for simultaneous detection of spin and orbital angular momenta via momentum transformation

Yinghui Guo; Shicong Zhang; Mingbo Pu; Qiong He; Jinjin Jin; Mingfeng Xu; Yaxin Zhang; Ping Gao; Xiangang Luo

doi:10.1038/s41377-021-00497-7

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Spin-decoupled metasurface for simultaneous detection of spin and orbital angular momenta via momentum transformation

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- Spin-decoupled metasurface for simultaneous detection of spin and orbital angular momenta via momentum transformation
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 10, Issue 4, Pages: 636-647(2021)
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  1.State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  2.School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Author bio：
  
  Xiangang Luo (lxg@ioe.ac.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-021-00497-7
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- Published：30 April 2021，
  
  Published Online：25 March 2021，
  
  Received：06 October 2020，
  
  Revised：15 February 2021，
  
  Accepted：21 February 2021
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Guo, Y. H. et al. Spin-decoupled metasurface for simultaneous detection of spin and orbital angular momenta via momentum transformation. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 636-647 (2021).
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Guo, Y. H. et al. Spin-decoupled metasurface for simultaneous detection of spin and orbital angular momenta via momentum transformation. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 636-647 (2021). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-021-00497-7.

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Abstract

With inherent orthogonality

both the spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM) of photons have been utilized to expand the dimensions of quantum information

optical communications

and information processing

wherein simultaneous detection of SAMs and OAMs with a single element and a single-shot measurement is highly anticipated. Here

a single azimuthal-quadratic phase metasurface-based photonic momentum transformation (PMT) is illustrated and utilized for vortex recognition. Since different vortices are converted into focusing patterns with distinct azimuthal coordinates on a transverse plane through PMT

OAMs within a large mode space can be determined through a single-shot measurement. Moreover

spin-controlled dual-functional PMTs are proposed for simultaneous SAM and OAM sorting

which is implemented by a single spin-decoupled metasurface that merges both the geometric phase and dynamic phase. Interestingly

our proposed method can detect vectorial vortices with both phase and polarization singularities

as well as superimposed vortices with a certain interval step. Experimental results obtained at several wavelengths in the visible band exhibit good agreement with the numerical modeling. With the merits of ultracompact device size

simple optical configuration

and prominent vortex recognition ability

our approach may underpin the development of integrated and high-dimensional optical and quantum systems.

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