Title :
Singular optical fibre featuring refractive index dislocation for chiral waveguiding of high orbital angular momentum light
Author :
Hisatomi, Makiko ; Parker, Michael C. ; Walker, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, Columba House, Adastral Park, Ipswich, U.K. email: Makiko.Hisatomi@uk.fujitsu.com
Abstract :
We describe a novel chiral azimuthally graded-index fibre which guides only one handedness of high orbital angular momentum light. Featuring an index dislocation, our singular optical fibre may find applications in cryptography or optical tweezers.
Keywords :
Cryptography; Equations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569621
