Degenerate cavity supporting more than 31 Laguerre-Gaussian modes
Quantum Physics
2017-05-18 v2
Abstract
Photons propagating in Laguerre-Gaussian modes have characteristic orbital angular momentums, which are fundamental optical degrees of freedom. The orbital angular momentum of light has potential application in high capacity optical communication and even in quantum information processing. In this work, we experimentally construct a ring cavity with 4 lenses and 4 mirrors that is completely degenerate for Laguerre-Gaussian modes. By measuring the transmission peaks and patterns of different modes, the ring cavity is shown to supporting more than 31 Laguerre-Gaussian modes. The constructed degenerate cavity opens a new way for using the unlimited resource of available angular momentum states simultaneously.
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@article{arxiv.1703.01452,
title = {Degenerate cavity supporting more than 31 Laguerre-Gaussian modes},
author = {Ze-Di Cheng and Zhao-Di Liu and Xi-Wang Luo and Zheng-Wei Zhou and Jian Wang and Qiang Li and Yi-Tao Wang and Jian-Shun Tang and Jin-Shi Xu and Chuan-Feng Li and Guang-Can Guo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.01452},
year = {2017}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures, optics letters