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Area of Science:

  • Optics and Photonics
  • Quantum Information Science

Background:

  • Measuring orbital angular momentum (OAM) distributions in vortex light is crucial for OAM applications.
  • Existing methods struggle with quantitative, instantaneous measurement of OAM power and phase distributions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel OAM complex spectrum analyzer for simultaneous power and phase distribution measurements.
  • To enable advanced spatial mode analysis for OAM-based and mode-division multiplexing optical systems.

Main Methods:

  • Employed the rotational Doppler effect to map OAM mode distributions to an electrical spectrum.
  • Utilized a photodetector to convert optical signals into beat signals.
  • Analyzed the electrical spectrum to retrieve power and phase distributions of superimposed OAM beams.

Main Results:

  • Successfully demonstrated simultaneous measurement of power and phase distributions for OAM modes.
  • Extended the technique for measuring other spatial modes, including linear polarization modes.
  • Developed a new landmark in spatial mode analysis.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed OAM complex spectrum analyzer offers simultaneous power and phase measurement capabilities.
  • This technique shows significant potential for OAM-based systems and optical communication systems utilizing mode-division multiplexing.