Fig. 1. Multi-plane light converter^[17]

Fig. 2. Experimental setup for generating high-order Hermite-Gauss beams. (a) Experimental setup of MPLC; (b) lightpath of MPLC calibration

Fig. 3. Influencing factors of model purity. (a) Relationship between number of phase-plates and model purity; (b) relationship between phase-plate spacing and model purity

Fig. 4. Comparison between experimental and theoretical results of high-order Hermite-Gauss beams. (a) Phase hologram; (b) intensity distribution of light field captured by CCD; (c) comparison of light field distribution between experimental and theoretical results

Fig. 5. Schematic of experimental setup for mode separation by MPLC. (a) Experimental setup; (b) phase hologram; (c) theoretical diagram of mode separation

Fig. 6. Schematic of mode separation. (a) Displacement of incident beam in x-direction; (b) displacement of incident beam in y-direction

Fig. 7. Comparison between simulation and experiment results of mode separation by MPLC. (a) x-direction; (b) y-direction

Fig. 8. Comparison between simulation and experiment results of Gauss beam offset incident to MPLC. (a) x-direction; (b) y-direction

Fig. 9. Maximum crosstalk of MPLC