Title
Near-Infrared OAM Communication Using 3D-Printed Microscale Spiral Phase Plates
Abstract
We report the use of 3D-printed microscale spiral phase plates to generate orbital angular momentum (OAM) carrying beams. We confirm that the generated beams have high purity, and we have successfully tested them to convey data signals with low bit error rates at the wavelength of 980 nm. This method will open new opportunities for generating OAM beams for many applications in optical communications, including free-space optics, as well as underwater, chip-tochip, and quantum communications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/MCOM.2019.1800902
IEEE Communications Magazine
Keywords
Field
DocType
Laser beams,Measurement by laser beam,Bit error rate,Spirals,Laser modes,Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers,Optical fiber communication
Angular momentum,Spiral,Computer science,Optical communication,Microscale chemistry,Optics,Beam (structure),Quantum channel,Wavelength,Distributed computing,Bit error rate
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
8
0163-6804
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
8