9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Sorting Orbital Angular Momentum states of light

10 Jul 2012, 17:30
2h
IT Building

IT Building

Poster Presentation Track C - Photonics Poster Session

Speaker

Ms Thandeka Mhlanga (Laser Research Institute, University of Stellenbosch / CSIR NLC)

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The detection of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of light remains an experimental challenge. Recently an OAM-sorting device was proposed for the separation and simultaneous detection of arbitrary OAM states. In this paper we demonstrate this technique experimentally with spatial light modulators, and extend the sorting device to the detection of high-order Bessel beams. Such fields are non-diffracting and carry non-zero values of OAM.

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Primary author

Ms Thandeka Mhlanga (Laser Research Institute, University of Stellenbosch / CSIR NLC)

Co-authors

Prof. Andrew Forbes (CSIR NLC) Ms Angela Dudley (CSIR NLC) Mr Stef Roux (CSIR NLC)

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