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Photonics Research, Volume. 4, Issue 5, B5(2016)

Orbital-angular-momentum-based reconfigurable optical switching and routing

Alan E. Willner1、*, Long Li1, Guodong Xie1, Yongxiong Ren1, Hao Huang1, Yang Yue1, Nisar Ahmed1, Moshe J. Willner1, Asher J. Willner1, Yan Yan1, Zhe Zhao1, Zhe Wang1, Cong Liu1, Moshe Tur2, and Solyman Ashrafi3
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  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
  • 2School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
  • 3NxGen Partners, Dallas, Texas 75219, USA
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    Alan E. Willner, Long Li, Guodong Xie, Yongxiong Ren, Hao Huang, Yang Yue, Nisar Ahmed, Moshe J. Willner, Asher J. Willner, Yan Yan, Zhe Zhao, Zhe Wang, Cong Liu, Moshe Tur, Solyman Ashrafi, "Orbital-angular-momentum-based reconfigurable optical switching and routing," Photonics Res. 4, B5 (2016)

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    Special Issue: OPTICAL VORTICES AND VECTOR BEAMS

    Received: May. 17, 2016

    Accepted: Jul. 13, 2016

    Published Online: Nov. 23, 2016

    The Author Email: Alan E. Willner (willner@usc.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.4.0000B5

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