Hermite–Gaussian Mode Sorter
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.005263
Abstract
The Hermite–Gaussian (HG) modes, sometimes referred to as transverse electromagnetic modes in free space, form a complete and orthonormal basis that have been extensively used to describe optical fields. In addition, these modes have been shown to be helpful in enhancing information capacity of optical communications as well as achieving super-resolution imaging in microscopy. Here we propose and present the realization of an efficient, robust mode sorter that can sort a large number of HG modes based on the relation between HG modes and Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) modes. We experimentally demonstrate the sorting of 16 HG modes, and our method can be readily extended to a higher-dimensional state space in a straightforward manner. We expect that our demonstration will have direct applications in a variety of fields including fiber optics, classical and quantum communications, as well as super-resolution imaging.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Optics Letters, v. 43, issue 21, p. 5263-5266
Scholar Commons Citation
Zhou, Yiyu; Zhao, Jiapeng; Shi, Zhimin; Rafsanjani, Seyed M. H.; Mirhosseini, Mohammad; Zhu, Ziyi; Willner, Alan E.; and Boyd, Robert W., "Hermite–Gaussian Mode Sorter" (2018). Physics Faculty Publications. 48.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/phy_facpub/48
