DocumentCode :
3094727
Title :
Integrated emitters of cylindrically structured light beams
Author :
Xinlun Cai ; Jianwei Wang ; Strain, M. ; Sorel, Marc ; O´Brien, John ; Thompson, Mark ; Siyuan Yu
Author_Institution :
Photonics Group, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
fYear :
2013
fDate :
23-27 June 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
Emerging applications based on optical beams carrying orbital angular momentum will likely require photonic integrated devices and circuits for miniaturization, improved performance and enhanced functionality. Recently we demonstrated a novel emitter of cylindrical optical vortex beams that carry photonic orbital angular momentum. The emitter consisted of a whispering gallery mode resonator embedded with gratings in the azimuthal angular dimension. This method can be generalized to produce other types of structured light beams that have some kind of cylindrical symmetry. The applications potentials and challenges in the devices in optical communications, quantum information systems, and optical sensing, imaging, and manipulation systems are also discussed.
Keywords :
angular momentum; integrated optics; optical communication; optical resonators; optical sensors; azimuthal angular dimension; cylindrical optical vortex beam; cylindrically structured light beam; integrated emitter; manipulation system; optical beam; optical communication; optical sensing; orbital angular momentum; photonic integrated circuit; photonic integrated device; photonic orbital angular momentum; quantum information system; structured light beam; whispering gallery mode resonator; Gratings; Laser beams; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Photonics; optical vortices; orbital angular momentum of light; silicon photonics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
ISSN :
2161-2056
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602725
Filename :
6602725
Link To Document :
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