Title :
Actively reconfigurable compact vortex beam emitters
Author :
Strain, Michael J. ; Huanlu Li ; Xinlun Cai ; Meriggi, Laura ; Jianwei Wang ; Jiangbo Zhu ; Cicek, Kenan ; Lifeng Chen ; Garcia, Martin L. ; Thompson, Mark G. ; Sorel, Marc ; Siyuan Yu
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Electrical switching of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode order emitted from an SOI microring resonator is reported. The integration of the microring with waveguide couplers is used to demonstrate modulation of the relative phase between pairs of OAM modes with opposite signs.
Keywords :
angular momentum; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical couplers; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical vortices; phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator; OAM modes; SOI microring resonator; Si; actively reconfigurable compact vortex beam emitters; electrical switching; orbital angular momentum mode order; phase modulation; waveguide couplers; Educational institutions; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961959
