Title :
Waveguiding of orbital angular momentum light using chiral-selectivity azimuthally graded index fibre
Author :
Hisatomi, Makiko ; Parker, Michael C. ; Walker, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Lab. of Eur., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We describe a novel chiral azimuthally graded-index fibre which guides only one handedness of orbital angular momentum light. Such fibre may find application in physical layer cryptography using photons with high order orbital angular momentum.
Keywords :
chirowaveguides; gradient index optics; optical fibres; azimuthal graded-index fibre; chiral selectivity; orbital angular momentum light; photons; physical layer cryptography; waveguiding; Cryptography; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192498
