Title :
Long-range fiber-transmission of photons with orbital angular momentum
Author :
Bozinovic, Nenad ; Kristensen, Poul ; Ramachandran, Siddharth
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate propagation of light possessing orbital angular momentum over record fiber-lengths (~km) with minimal cross-talk (<;20-dB). This yields a novel degree of freedom for encoding information in fibers for quantum or classical communication links.
Keywords :
angular momentum theory; light propagation; optical crosstalk; optical fibres; photons; quantum communication; classical communication links; crosstalk; encoding information; light propagation; long-range fiber-transmission; orbital angular momentum; photons; quantum communication links; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical vortices; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
