Title :
Metasurface-on-fiber enabled orbital angular momentum modes in conventional optical fibers
Author :
Xi Wang ; Jinwei Zeng ; Jingbo Sun ; Nezhad, Vahid Foroughi ; Cartwright, Alexander N. ; Litchinitser, Natalia M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., SUNY - Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate generation and propagation of an optical vortex using a metasurface fabricated directly on the cross-section of a few-mode optical fiber at visible wavelengths. The experimental results are in good agreement with numerical simulations.
Keywords :
angular momentum; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical metamaterials; optical vortices; conventional optical fibers; few-mode optical fiber; metasurface-on-fiber enabled orbital angular momentum modes; optical vortex generation; optical vortex propagation; visible wavelengths; Laser beams; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical vortices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
