Demonstration of free space coherent optical communication using integrated silicon photonic orbital angular momentum devices

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 9396-9402

  Su, Tiehui ^a   Scott, Ryan P ^a   Djordjevic, Stevan S ^a   Fontaine, Nicolas K ^a,b   Geisler, David J ^a   Cai, Xinran ^a   Yoo, S J B ^a  

^a Davis   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONIC DEVICES; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

10 GB/ S; ARRAYED WAVEGUIDES; BINARY PHASE; CMOS COMPATIBLE; COHERENT OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; FREE SPACES; MUX/DEMUX; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; QUADRATURE PHASE; SILICON PHOTONICS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; VERTICAL GRATINGS;

SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84861122909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.009396     Document Type: Article

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