Free-space orbital angular momentum division multiplexing with Bessel beams

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gatto, Alberto ^a   Tacca, Matteo ^a   Martelli, Paolo ^a   Boffi, Pierpaolo ^a   Martinelli, Mario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bessel beams; multiplexing; Orbital angular momentum

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DEMULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; MULTIPLEXING;

BEAM ORDERINGS; BESSEL BEAM; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; FREE-SPACE BEAMS; MULTIPLEXING TECHNIQUES; NONDIFFRACTING; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; OUTPUT PORTS;

BESSEL FUNCTIONS;

EID: 79957839017     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/6/064018     Document Type: Article

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