Demonstration of free space coherent optical communication using integrated silicon photonic orbital angular momentum devices

T Su, RP Scott, SS Djordjevic, NK Fontaine… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We propose and demonstrate silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for free-space
spatial-division-multiplexing (SDM) optical transmission with multiplexed orbital angular …

Free-space coherent optical communication with orbital angular, momentum multiplexing/demultiplexing using a hybrid 3D photonic integrated circuit

B Guan, RP Scott, C Qin, NK Fontaine, T Su… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate free-space space-division-multiplexing (SDM) with 15 orbital angular
momentum (OAM) states using a three-dimensional (3D) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous 2D/3D photonic integrated microsystems

SJ Yoo, B Guan, RP Scott - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2016 - nature.com
The continuing trend of exponential growth in data communications and processing are
driving the need for large-scale heterogeneous integration. Similar to the trend we have …

Free-space optical communications using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing combined with MIMO-based spatial multiplexing

Y Ren, Z Wang, G Xie, L Li, Y Cao, C Liu, P Liao… - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We explore the potential of combining the advantages of multiple-input multiple-output
(MIMO)-based spatial multiplexing with those of orbital angular momentum (OAM) …

Potentials and challenges of using orbital angular momentum communications in optical interconnects

S Yu - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Ultra-short-and short-reach optical interconnects are the new high growth applications for
optical communications. High capacity density, high spectral efficiency, low cost, low power …

On-chip orbital angular momentum modes generator and (de) multiplexer based on trench silicon waveguides

S Zheng, J Wang - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Based on an integrated silicon platform, we present an ultracompact structure to generate
optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes, where only a waveguide with a specially …

100 Tbit/s free-space data link enabled by three-dimensional multiplexing of orbital angular momentum, polarization, and wavelength

H Huang, G Xie, Y Yan, N Ahmed, Y Ren, Y Yue… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the orthogonality of orbital angular momentum (OAM) with other multiplexing
domains and present a free-space data link that uniquely combines OAM-, polarization-, and …

Orbital angular momentum vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

H Li, DB Phillips, X Wang, YLD Ho, L Chen, X Zhou… - Optica, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Harnessing the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light is an appealing approach to
developing photonic technologies for future applications in optical communications and high …

Ultra-compact broadband polarization diversity orbital angular momentum generator with 3.6 × 3.6 μm2 footprint

N Zhou, S Zheng, X Cao, Y Zhao, S Gao, Y Zhu… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Orbital angular momentum (OAM), one fundamental property of light, has been of great
interest over the past decades. An ideal OAM generator, fully compatible with existing …

Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing

J Wang, JY Yang, IM Fazal, N Ahmed, Y Yan… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
The recognition in the 1990s that light beams with a helical phase front have orbital angular
momentum has benefited applications ranging from optical manipulation to quantum …