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Configurable optical vortex ladder in free space

Fan, Xinhao, Wu, Xuanguang, Zhou, Liang, Bi, XinYi, Du, Jianying, Wei, Bingyan, Zhang, Yi, Liu, Sheng, Zhao, Jianlin, Li, Peng·2025·APL Photonics
DOI 10.1063/5.0248825
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Light eigenmodes with cylindrical symmetry, such as the Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) modes, are characterized by the radial and angular quantum numbers indicating radial nodes and orbital angular momentum (OAM), which are independent and invariant upon beam propagation. Here, we connect these two quantum numbers and produce a configurable optical vortex ladder. An LG vortex ladder that consists of multiple LG modes with different radial quantum numbers is proposed, whose OAM state of the mainlobe can change step by step upon propagation. By controlling radial quantum numbers within the LG vortex ladder, every step change of the OAM state can be configured arbitrarily, such as topological charge of OAM state increasing by two in every step. Manipulating the evolution of photonic OAM states is of great significance for quantum information processing and longitudinal manipulation of OAM have potential applications in communications, all-optical switch, and optical tweezers.

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  • The selection of the longitudinal intensity envelope function F(z) allows the light field to exhibit any desired eigenmode within the selected spatial interval 0≤ z ≤ L.

    “The selection of F(z) allows the light field to exhibit any desired eigenmode within the selected spatial interval 0≤ z ≤ L.”

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Authors
Fan, X., Wu, X., Zhou, L., Bi, X., Du, J., Wei, B., Zhang, Y., Liu, S., Zhao, J., & Li, P.
Venue
APL Photonics
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Published
2025-03-01
Volume
10
Issue
3
ISSN
2378-0967
DOI
10.1063/5.0248825
Cited by
5
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Language
en
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (vor, 2 d)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (12174309, 12474298, 12074312, 12374279)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFA1404800)
  • Shaanxi Fundamental Science Research Project for Mathematics and Physics (22JSY013)
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (5000230111)
  • Innovation Foundation for Doctor Dissertation of Northwestern Polytechnical University (CX2022076)

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