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
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Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Yanxian Wei
Yu Yu
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-b512fa945cf348b7b1cc917619a58a8d2025-08-20T03:33:11ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011111810.1109/JPHOT.2018.28898448599131Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out ElementsHailong Zhou0Yanxian Wei1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-1395Yu Yu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-6794Jianji Dong3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8404-1624Xinliang Zhang4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8513-3328Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWe 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.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8599131/Diffraction and gratingsdiffractive opticsoptical modesspatial light modulators
spellingShingle Hailong Zhou
Yanxian Wei
Yu Yu
Jianji Dong
Xinliang Zhang
Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
IEEE Photonics Journal
Diffraction and gratings
diffractive optics
optical modes
spatial light modulators
title Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
title_full Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
title_fullStr Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
title_full_unstemmed Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
title_short Separation of Rectangularly Symmetric Modes of Light With Fan-Out Elements
title_sort separation of rectangularly symmetric modes of light with fan out elements
topic Diffraction and gratings
diffractive optics
optical modes
spatial light modulators
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8599131/
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