Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements

We present a method to efficiently separate the rectangularly symmetric modes of light with two phase-only holograms. The holograms, known as fan-out elements, can split the input modes into multiple copies. A subsequent lens focuses these modes to different lateral positions. We use two spatial lig...

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Main Authors: Hailong Zhou, Yanxian Wei, Yu Yu, Jianji Dong, Xinliang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8599131/
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Summary:We present a method to efficiently separate the rectangularly symmetric modes of light with two phase-only holograms. The holograms, known as fan-out elements, can split the input modes into multiple copies. A subsequent lens focuses these modes to different lateral positions. We use two spatial light modulators to create the desired optical elements. The separation of rectangularly symmetric modes, such as eigenmodes in rectangular waveguides and Hermite–Gaussian modes, is experimentally demonstrated.
ISSN:1943-0655