Orbital angular momentum comb generation from azimuthal binary phases

Shiyao Fu; Zijun Shang; Lan Hai; Lei Huang; Yanlai Lv; Chunqing Gao

doi:10.1117/1.APN.1.1.016003

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 1, Issue 1, 016003(2022)

Orbital angular momentum comb generation from azimuthal binary phases Article Video , On the Cover

Shiyao Fu^1,2,3、*, Zijun Shang^1,2,3, Lan Hai^1,2,3, Lei Huang^1,2,3, Yanlai Lv^1,2,3, and Chunqing Gao^1,2,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing, China

²Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, Beijing, China

³Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Imaging Technology and System, Beijing, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Apr. 9, 2022

Accepted: May. 27, 2022

Published Online: Jul. 1, 2022

The Author Email: Fu Shiyao (fushiyao@bit.edu.cn), Gao Chunqing (gao@bit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.1.1.016003

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