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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
Tailoring polarization states of multiple beams that carry different topological charges of orbital angular momentums
Abstract:
In the past few years, orbital angular momentum (OAM) has aroused great interest in the scientific communities, because it shows great potential for enhancing capacities of radio and optical communication systems. Here, we propose anisotropic metasurfaces to generate multiple OAM vortex beams at microwave frequencies. A phase compensation theory is presented, in order to determine the phase distributions on metasurfaces, This theory enables independent control of beam numbers, polarizations, orientations, and topological charges of OAM vortex beams, respectively. The metasurface is composed of anisotropic elements, whose reflection phases can be engineered separately in different polarization directions. The scheme is validated by both simulation and experimental results and shows great potential for the polarization division multiplexing in OAM communication systems.
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