Abstract
The ability to rapidly switch between orbital angular momentum modes of light has important implications for future classical and quantum systems. In general, orbital angular momentum beams are generated using free-space bulk optical components where the fastest reconfiguration of such systems is around a millisecond using spatial light modulators. In this work, an extremely compact optical vortex emitter is demonstrated with the ability to actively tune between different orbital angular momentum modes. The emitter is tuned using a single electrically contacted thermo-optical control, maintaining device simplicity and micron scale footprint. On-off keying and orbital angular momentum mode switching are achieved at rates of 10 μs and 20 μs respectively.
| Language | English |
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| Article number | 4856 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Volume | 5 |
| Early online date | 17 Sep 2014 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 17 Sep 2014 |
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Keywords
- Physical sciences
- optical physics
- applied physics
- nanotechnology
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Fast electrical switching of orbital angular momentum modes using ultra-compact integrated vortex emitters. / Strain, Michael J.; Cai, Xinlun; Wang, Jianwei; Zhu, Jiangbo; Phillips, David B.; Chen, Lifeng; Lopez-Garcia, Martin; O'Brien, Jeremy L.; Thompson, Mark G.; Sorel, Marc; Yu, Siyuan.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 5, 4856, 17.09.2014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Fast electrical switching of orbital angular momentum modes using ultra-compact integrated vortex emitters
AU - Strain, Michael J.
AU - Cai, Xinlun
AU - Wang, Jianwei
AU - Zhu, Jiangbo
AU - Phillips, David B.
AU - Chen, Lifeng
AU - Lopez-Garcia, Martin
AU - O'Brien, Jeremy L.
AU - Thompson, Mark G.
AU - Sorel, Marc
AU - Yu, Siyuan
PY - 2014/9/17
Y1 - 2014/9/17
N2 - The ability to rapidly switch between orbital angular momentum modes of light has important implications for future classical and quantum systems. In general, orbital angular momentum beams are generated using free-space bulk optical components where the fastest reconfiguration of such systems is around a millisecond using spatial light modulators. In this work, an extremely compact optical vortex emitter is demonstrated with the ability to actively tune between different orbital angular momentum modes. The emitter is tuned using a single electrically contacted thermo-optical control, maintaining device simplicity and micron scale footprint. On-off keying and orbital angular momentum mode switching are achieved at rates of 10 μs and 20 μs respectively.
AB - The ability to rapidly switch between orbital angular momentum modes of light has important implications for future classical and quantum systems. In general, orbital angular momentum beams are generated using free-space bulk optical components where the fastest reconfiguration of such systems is around a millisecond using spatial light modulators. In this work, an extremely compact optical vortex emitter is demonstrated with the ability to actively tune between different orbital angular momentum modes. The emitter is tuned using a single electrically contacted thermo-optical control, maintaining device simplicity and micron scale footprint. On-off keying and orbital angular momentum mode switching are achieved at rates of 10 μs and 20 μs respectively.
KW - Physical sciences
KW - optical physics
KW - applied physics
KW - nanotechnology
UR - http://www.nature.com/ncomms/
U2 - 10.1038/ncomms5856
DO - 10.1038/ncomms5856
M3 - Article
VL - 5
JO - Nature Communications
T2 - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
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