Mode properties and propagation effects of optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in a ring fiber

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 535-543

  Yue, Yang ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Ahmed, Nisar ^a   Yang, Jeng Yuan ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Ren, Yongxiong ^a   Huang, Hao ^a   Birnbaum, Kevin M ^b   Erkmen, Baris I ^b   Dolinar, Sam ^b   Tur, Moshe ^c   Willner, Alan E ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiber optics systems; multiplexing; optics; orbital angular momentum; waveguides

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL PHASE; ELLIPTICAL FIBERS; HIGHER ORDER; MODE INDEX; MULTIPLE RING; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; OPTICS SYSTEMS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PROPAGATION EFFECT; SINGLE MODE CONDITION; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SYSTEM CAPACITY; WALK-OFF; WELL-ALIGNED;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CROSSTALK; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVEGUIDES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84859985314     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2192474     Document Type: Article

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