Wavelength-switchable vortex beams based on a polarization-dependent microknot resonator

Jinqiu Zheng; Ao Yang; Teng Wang; Xianglong Zeng; Ning Cao; Mei Liu; Fufei Pang; Tingyun Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000396

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 5, 396(2018)

Wavelength-switchable vortex beams based on a polarization-dependent microknot resonator

Jinqiu Zheng¹, Ao Yang¹, Teng Wang¹, Xianglong Zeng^1、*, Ning Cao², Mei Liu², Fufei Pang¹, and Tingyun Wang¹

¹Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

²School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China

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Paper Information

Category: Polarization

Received: Dec. 6, 2017

Accepted: Feb. 8, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 6, 2018

The Author Email: Xianglong Zeng (zenglong@shu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000396

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