Rapidly tunable orbital angular momentum (OAM) system for higher order Bessel beams integrated in time (HOBBIT)

Creators

Eric G. Johnson, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University
J. Keith Miller, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University
Kaitlyn S. Morgan, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University
Wenzhe Li, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University
Yuan Li, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University
Graham White, Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University

Description

Beams with fast and continuously-tunable orbital angular momentum (OAM) have potential applications in classical and quantum optical communications, sensing, and in the study of beam propagation through turbulence. This work introduces a novel concept to dynamically control fractional and integer OAM states in the form of asymmetric gaussian weighted Higher Order Bessel Beams integrated in Time. This elegant approach combines an acousto-optical deflector (AOD) with a well-studied log-polar optical transformation. By combining the two technologies, a system is realized that generates both fractional and integer asymmetric Bessel Gaussian Beams with high efficiency and speeds in excess of 400 kHz.

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publisher

figshare Academic Research System

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4289579.v1

Document Type

Data Set

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Eric G.; Miller, J. Keith; Morgan, Kaitlyn S.; Li, Wenzhe; Li, Yuan; White, Graham (2019), "Rapidly tunable orbital angular momentum (OAM) system for higher order Bessel beams integrated in time (HOBBIT)", figshare Academic Research System, doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4289579.v1

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4289579.v1

Identifier

10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4289579.v1

Related Content

10.1364/oe.27.003920

Embargo Date

1-1-2019