Free Space Optical Polarization De-multiplexing and Multiplexing by means of Conical Refraction
Optics
2015-02-25 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
Polarization de-multiplexing and multiplexing by means of conical refraction is proposed to increase the channel capacity for free space optical communication applications. The proposed technique is based on the forward-backward optical transform occurring when a light beam propagates consecutively along the optic axes of two identical biaxial crystals with opposite orientations of their conical refraction characteristic vectors. We present experimental proof of usefulness of the conical refraction de-multiplexing and multiplexing technique by increasing in one order of magnitude the channel capacity at optical frequencies in a propagation distance of 4m.
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@article{arxiv.1301.1564,
title = {Free Space Optical Polarization De-multiplexing and Multiplexing by means of Conical Refraction},
author = {Alex Turpin and Yurii Loiko and Todor K. Kalkandjiev and Jordi Mompart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.1564},
year = {2015}
}