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We demonstrate high-fidelity detection of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light using a compact and practical OAM spectrometer that maps the OAM spectrum to time. The spectrometer consists of a single optical delay loop to achieve…

Optics · Physics 2014-01-14 Paul Bierdz , Minho Kwon , Connor Roncaioli , Hui Deng

A recent proposal suggested that neutron orbital angular momentum (OAM) states could be detected via spin-polarized absorption in polarized 3He, with predicted cross-section variations linked to the neutron's OAM. We experimentally tested…

Previous studies on orbital angular momentum (OAM) communication mainly considered line-of-sight environments. In this letter, however, it is found that OAM communication with high-order modulation can be achieved in highly reverberant…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-03 Xiaoming Chen , Wei Xue , Hongyu Shi , Jianjia Yi , Wei E. I. Sha

We introduce and experimentally demonstrate a method for measuring at the same time the mean and the variance of the photonic orbital angular momentum (OAM) distribution in any paraxial optical field, without passing through the acquisition…

THz radiation is more and more commonplace in research laboratories as well as in everyday life, with applications ranging from body scanners at airport security to short range wireless communications. In the optical domain, waveguides and…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-07 Alessio Stefani , Simon C. Fleming , Boris T. Kuhlmey

We report a broadband diffractive optical neural network design that simultaneously processes a continuum of wavelengths generated by a temporally-incoherent broadband source to all-optically perform a specific task learned using deep…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Yi Luo , Deniz Mengu , Nezih T. Yardimci , Yair Rivenson , Muhammed Veli , Mona Jarrahi , Aydogan Ozcan

Spatial mode (de)multiplexing of orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams is a promising solution to address future bandwidth issues, but the rapidly increasing divergence with the mode order severely limits the practically addressable number…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-19 Zhensong Wan , Yijie Shen , Zhaoyang Wang , Zijian Shi , Qiang Liu , Xing Fu

Using spontaneous parametric down conversion as a source of entangled photon pairs, correlations are measured between the orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a target beam (which contains an unknown object) and that in an empty reference…

We propose an interferometric method for statistically discriminating between nonorthogonal states in high dimensional Hilbert spaces for use in quantum information processing. The method is illustrated for the case of photon orbital…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 David S. Simon , Casey A. Fitzpatrick , Alexander V. Sergienko

Off-axis parabolic mirrors (OAPMs) are widely used in the THz and mm-wave communities for spectroscopy and imaging applications, as a result of their broadband, low-loss operation and high numerical apertures. However, the aspherical shape…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-07 Nishtha Chopra , James Lloyd-Hughes

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) systems leveraging spatial modes carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) present a promising approach to enhance communication capacity in free-space and fiber-optic networks. Efficient detection of OAM…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-27 Amin Hakimi , S. Faezeh Mousavi , Amir Nader Askarpour

Optical orbital angular momentum (OAM), as an important degree of freedom of light, has been attracted extensive attention, due to its intrinsic feature of natural discrete infinite dimension. Manipulation of OAM spectra is crucial for many…

The emerging orbital angular momentum (OAM) based wireless communication is expected to be a high spectrum-efficiency communication paradigm to solve the growing transmission data rate and limited bandwidth problem. Academic researchers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-19 Liping Liang , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang , Hailin Zhang

An orbital angular momentum (OAM) detection approach at microwave band is proposed. A transmittance function is exploited to model a transmissive metasurface. Then the metasurface is designed to convert an OAM wave to multiple waves, only…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Menglin L. N. Chen , Li Jun Jiang , Wei E. I. Sha

Vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) have been widely applied in various electromagnetic, optical, and quantum systems. A tailored OAM spectrum composed of several specific modes as expected holds a promise for expanding the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-08 Ling-Jun Yang , Sheng Sun , Wei E. I. Sha

Accurately modelling orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode crosstalk in turbulent environments is challenging yet essential for developing free-space optical systems that employ OAM modes for multiplexing or diversity. Turbulence induces…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-05 Mitchell A. Cox , Steven G. Makoni , Ling Cheng

Orbital angular momentum (OAM), a topological degree of freedom of light, is theoretically invariant under continuous deformations; yet, its physical observability degrades precipitously in complex media, creating a fundamental…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-06 Shuailing Wang , Jingping Xu , Yaping Yang

Twisted light has recently gained enormous interest in communication systems. Thus far, twisted light has not yet been utilized for visible light communication to transmit data. Here, by exploiting the color and orbital angular momentum…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 Yuanying Zhang , Jikang Wang , Wuhong Zhang , Shuting Chen , Lixiang Chen

The axis tilt of light beam in optical system would introduce the dispersion of orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectrum. To deal with it, a two-step method is proposed and demonstrated. First, the tilt angle of optical axis is identified…

Optics · Physics 2020-04-27 Peng Zhao , Shikang Li , Yu Wang , Xue Feng , Kaiyu Cui , Fang Liu , Wei Zhang , Yidong Huang

Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM)-based communication systems offer high-capacity multiplexing in line-of-sight (LOS) scenarios; yet, their performance is sensitive to nodal misalignment, which disrupts modal orthogonality, hindering the data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Poorya Mollahosseini , Yasaman Ghasempour