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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 10, B12(2025)

Compact orbital angular momentum multiplexing via laser-written glass chips

Chenhao Li1,2, Simon Gross3,4,8, Leonardo de S. Menezes2,5, Stefan A. Maier6,7,9, Judith M. Dawes4,10, and Haoran Ren6、*
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  • 1School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 2Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich 80539, Germany
  • 3School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
  • 4MQ Photonics Research Centre, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
  • 5Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife PE, Brazil
  • 6School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
  • 7Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
  • 8e-mail: simon.gross@mq.edu.au
  • 9e-mail: stefan.maier@monash.edu
  • 10e-mail: judith.dawes@mq.edu.au
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    Chenhao Li, Simon Gross, Leonardo de S. Menezes, Stefan A. Maier, Judith M. Dawes, Haoran Ren, "Compact orbital angular momentum multiplexing via laser-written glass chips," Photonics Res. 13, B12 (2025)

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    Received: Apr. 17, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 25, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 4, 2025

    The Author Email: Haoran Ren (haoran.ren@monash.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.565115

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.565115

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