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Integrated Phased Array for Scalable Vortex Beam Multiplexing
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DOI：10.1109/JLT.2022.3217976.png)
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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes have low model interactions during fiber propagation at data center distances, and thus are suitable for ultra-high capacity systems at low digital signal processing. Generating OAM modes using free-space setups is useful for proof-of-concept experiments, but is not a scalable solution. We use an optical phased array (OPA) with two-dimensional antennas for on-chip circularly polarized OAM beam generation. Our previous work demonstrated an OAM multiplexer for lower-order modes. In this work, we demonstrate an OAM multiplexer that supports a record of 46 (23 per polarization) simultaneous spatial modes up to OAM order 11. We also improve the crosstalk performance of our multiplexer. We incorporate an intensity tuning capability that substantially improves the OAM quality by enabling a uniform power distribution across the antennas. The worst-case crosstalk for the supported OAM5 to OAM11 are found experimentally to be better than $-12$ dB, with OAM10 achieving -17.2 dB.
Keywords:
Couplers
Stars
Multiplexing
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fiber couplers
Crosstalk
Optical fiber devices
Orbital angular momentum
photonic integrated circuits
silicon photonics
space division multiplexing
wavelength-division multiplexing
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