Anisotropic geometric optical transformation based cylindrical vector beams multiplexing communication

Juncheng Fang; Zhenwei Xie; Ting Lei; Xiaocong Yuan

doi:10.1117/12.2500085

2 November 2018 Anisotropic geometric optical transformation based cylindrical vector beams multiplexing communication

Juncheng Fang, Zhenwei Xie, Ting Lei, Xiaocong Yuan

Proceedings Volume 10818, Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications VIII; 108180T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500085
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2018, Beijing, China

Abstract

Mode division multiplexing provides mutually orthogonal communication channels to break the capacity-per-fiber limit given by the Shannon theorem. Cylindrical vector beams (CVBs) as a set of orthogonal eigen modes in optical fiber have the potential application in high capacity optical communication. However, there is still no efficient multiplexing/demultiplexing scheme for coaxial multiple CVBs generation and detection. In this work, we propose and demonstrate the efficient sorting of coaxial multiple CVBs based on the anisotropic geometric optical transformation approach using the Pancharatnam-Berry optical element (PBOE) device. The device is fabricated by the photo-alignment liquid crystal (LC) in a thin film with a total pixel number of 768×768 and a pixel size of 11.7 μm. Since the PBOE has the circular polarizations selective property, the device can independently modulate the left-handed circular polarized and right-handed circular polarized light components of CVB. The anisotropic geometric optical transformation is capable of transforming the ring-shape intensity distribution of CVB to two straight lines. Through the phase correction and fourier transform, the CVB is finally converted to a spot with a lateral displacement proportional to the input CVB orders. In the proof of concept experiment, we demonstrated CVB sorting with a large dynamic sorting range of 20 different orders of CVBs with efficiency up to 61.7%. The coaxial multiple CVBs with a minimal order interval of 3 are separated in the experiment. We also implement the CVB sorting approach in optical fiber communication system as a demultiplexer after 2.8 km signals transmission.

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Juncheng Fang, Zhenwei Xie, Ting Lei, and Xiaocong Yuan "Anisotropic geometric optical transformation based cylindrical vector beams multiplexing communication", Proc. SPIE 10818, Holography, Diffractive Optics, and Applications VIII, 108180T (2 November 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500085

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Geometrical optics

Multiplexing

Liquid crystals

Optical communications

Polarization

Fiber optic communications

Modulation

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