Modal beam splitter: determination of the transversal components of an electromagnetic light field

Abstract The transversal profile of beams can always be defined as a superposition of orthogonal fields, such as optical eigenmodes. Here, we describe a generic method to separate the individual components in a laser beam and map each mode onto its designated detector with low crosstalk. We demonstr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Mazilu, Tom Vettenburg, Martin Ploschner, Ewan M. Wright, Kishan Dholakia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08657-9