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Area of Science:

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Optical Communications
Metamaterials

Background:

Cylindrical vector beams (CVBs) offer mode orthogonality, making them suitable for signal multiplexing.
Previous research lacked effective methods for parallel coupling and separation of CVB modes for full-duplex communication.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a full-duplex communication system for CVB multiplexing.
To enable independent and reciprocal wave vector manipulation of CVB modes for bidirectional data transmission.

Main Methods:

Utilized spin-dependent phase modulation metasurfaces for independent phase control of CVB spin eigenstates.
Integrated binary Dammann vortex gratings for reciprocal wave vector manipulation.
Constructed a 16-channel system combining 4 CVB modes and 4 wavelengths.

Main Results:

Achieved bidirectional transmission of 800 Gbit/s quadrature-phase shift-keying (QPSK) signals over a 5 km few-mode fiber.
Successfully multiplexed and demultiplexed 2 radial and 2 azimuthal CVB modes.
Demonstrated full-duplex communication with bit-error-rates near 1.87 × 10^-5.

Conclusions:

The proposed metasurface-based approach effectively enables full-duplex CVB multiplexing communication.
This technology paves the way for higher-capacity and more efficient optical communication systems.
The system demonstrates practical feasibility for advanced optical networking applications.