Laguerre-Gaussian mode sorter

Previously, separating Laguerre-Gauss modes of light contained in a single beam required complex setups and could only separate a few modes. Here, the authors demonstrate a simple device capable of spatially decomposing a beam into hundreds of Laguerre-Gaussian components.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicolas K. Fontaine, Roland Ryf, Haoshuo Chen, David T. Neilson, Kwangwoong Kim, Joel Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09840-4