Optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM)have attracted increasing interest in recent years.Optical vortices have seen a variety of emerging applications in optical manipulation,optical trapping,optical ...Optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM)have attracted increasing interest in recent years.Optical vortices have seen a variety of emerging applications in optical manipulation,optical trapping,optical tweezers,optical vortex knots,imaging,microscopy,sensing,metrology,quantum information processing,and optical communications.In various optical vortices enabled applications,the generation of multiple optical vortices is of great importance.In this review article,we focus on the methods of multiple optical vortices generation and its applications.We review the methods for generating multiple optical vortices in three cases,i.e.,1-to-N collinear OAM modes,1-to-N OAM mode array and N-to-N collinear OAM modes.Diverse applications of multiple OAM modes in optical communications and non-communication areas are presented.Future trends,perspectives and opportunities are also discussed.展开更多
Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(L...Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(LP-OAM)modes,and circularly polarized OAM(CP-OAM)modes.Nevertheless,which kind of mode bases is more appropriate to be utilized in fiber still remains unclear.Here,we aim to find the superior mode basis in MDM fiber-optic communications via a system-level comparison in air-core fiber(ACF).We first investigate the walk-off effect of four spatial mode bases over 1-km ACF,where LP and LP-OAM modes show intrinsic mode walk-off,while it is negligible for vector and CP-OAM modes.We then study the mode coupling effect of degenerate vector and CP-OAM modes over 1-km ACF under fiber perturbations,where degenerate even and odd vector modes suffer severe mode cross talk,while negligible for highorder degenerate CP-OAM modes based on the laws of angular momentum conservation.Moreover,we comprehensively evaluate the system-level performance for data-carrying single-channel and two-channel MDM transmission with different spatial mode bases under various kinds of fiber perturbations(bending,twisting,pressing,winding,and out-of-plane moving).The obtained results indicate that the CP-OAM mode basis shows superiority compared to other mode bases in MDM fiber-optic communications without using multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.Our findings may pave the way for robust shortreach MDM optical interconnects for data centers and high-performance computing.展开更多
Spatial modedivision multiplexing is emerging as a potential solution to further increasing optical fiber capacity and spectral efficiency. We report a dualmode, dualpolarization transmission method based on modeselec...Spatial modedivision multiplexing is emerging as a potential solution to further increasing optical fiber capacity and spectral efficiency. We report a dualmode, dualpolarization transmission method based on modeselective excitation and detection over a twomode fiber. In particular, we present 107 Gbit/s coherent optical OFDM （COOFDM） transmission over a 4.5 km twomode fiber using LP and LP. modes in which mode separation is performed optically.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.11574001,61761130082,11774116 and 11274131)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2014CB340004)+4 种基金the Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowshipthe National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionalsthe Yangtze River Excellent Young Scholars Programthe Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China(No.2018CFA048)the Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team(No.2016QYTD05).
文摘Optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum(OAM)have attracted increasing interest in recent years.Optical vortices have seen a variety of emerging applications in optical manipulation,optical trapping,optical tweezers,optical vortex knots,imaging,microscopy,sensing,metrology,quantum information processing,and optical communications.In various optical vortices enabled applications,the generation of multiple optical vortices is of great importance.In this review article,we focus on the methods of multiple optical vortices generation and its applications.We review the methods for generating multiple optical vortices in three cases,i.e.,1-to-N collinear OAM modes,1-to-N OAM mode array and N-to-N collinear OAM modes.Diverse applications of multiple OAM modes in optical communications and non-communication areas are presented.Future trends,perspectives and opportunities are also discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62125503 and 62261160388)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFB2203604)+2 种基金the Key R&D Program of Hubei Province of China(Grant Nos.2020BAB001 and 2021BAA024)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Grant No.JCYJ20200109114018750)the Innovation Project of Optics Valley Laboratory(Grant No.OVL2021BG004)。
文摘Diverse spatial mode bases can be exploited in mode-division multiplexing(MDM)to sustain the capacity growth in fiber-optic communications,such as linearly polarized(LP)modes,vector modes,LP orbital angular momentum(LP-OAM)modes,and circularly polarized OAM(CP-OAM)modes.Nevertheless,which kind of mode bases is more appropriate to be utilized in fiber still remains unclear.Here,we aim to find the superior mode basis in MDM fiber-optic communications via a system-level comparison in air-core fiber(ACF).We first investigate the walk-off effect of four spatial mode bases over 1-km ACF,where LP and LP-OAM modes show intrinsic mode walk-off,while it is negligible for vector and CP-OAM modes.We then study the mode coupling effect of degenerate vector and CP-OAM modes over 1-km ACF under fiber perturbations,where degenerate even and odd vector modes suffer severe mode cross talk,while negligible for highorder degenerate CP-OAM modes based on the laws of angular momentum conservation.Moreover,we comprehensively evaluate the system-level performance for data-carrying single-channel and two-channel MDM transmission with different spatial mode bases under various kinds of fiber perturbations(bending,twisting,pressing,winding,and out-of-plane moving).The obtained results indicate that the CP-OAM mode basis shows superiority compared to other mode bases in MDM fiber-optic communications without using multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.Our findings may pave the way for robust shortreach MDM optical interconnects for data centers and high-performance computing.
文摘Spatial modedivision multiplexing is emerging as a potential solution to further increasing optical fiber capacity and spectral efficiency. We report a dualmode, dualpolarization transmission method based on modeselective excitation and detection over a twomode fiber. In particular, we present 107 Gbit/s coherent optical OFDM （COOFDM） transmission over a 4.5 km twomode fiber using LP and LP. modes in which mode separation is performed optically.
