• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 13, Issue 4, 960 (2025)
Yu Chen1,2,†, Ming Gao1,2,†, Yutao Wang1,2, Xinyue Huang1,2..., Hui Hao1,2, Xiaoqi Ni1,2, Huali Lu1,2, Hua Zhao1,2,*, Peng Wang3,4, Xin Wang4 and Hongpu Li5,6|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Computer and Electronic Information, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Intelligent Optoelectronic Sensing Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 3College of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing 211171, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 5Faculty of the Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
  • 6e-mail: ri.kofu@shizuoka.ac.jp
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.544533 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yu Chen, Ming Gao, Yutao Wang, Xinyue Huang, Hui Hao, Xiaoqi Ni, Huali Lu, Hua Zhao, Peng Wang, Xin Wang, Hongpu Li, "All-fiber orbital-angular-momentum mode encoding system based on helical fiber gratings," Photonics Res. 13, 960 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this study, we propose and demonstrate an all-fiber orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) mode encoding system, where through helical fiber gratings (HFGs), binary symbols are encoded to or decoded from two OAM modes with topological charges (TCs) of -1 and +1, respectively. We experimentally validate that the OAM mode generated by a clockwise-helix HFG (cHFG) can be converted back into fundamental mode by using an HFG with a helix orientation opposite to that of the cHFG, i.e., ccHFG. Benefited from utilization of the HFGs, the proposed OAM mode encoding system has a low cost, low insertion loss, high mode conversion efficiency, and polarization independence. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the HFGs-based all-fiber OAM mode encoding/decoding scheme, which may find potential applications in optical communication and quantum communication as well.
    Δns(r,ϕ,z)=Δn0(r)m=smexp(i·l·m·(σϕ2πz/Λ)),

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    noc=nifm·λ/Λ,

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    toc=tif+m·σ,

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    nof=nio+m·λ/Λ,

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    tof=tio+m·σ,

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    Λ=60V/Ω,

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    Yu Chen, Ming Gao, Yutao Wang, Xinyue Huang, Hui Hao, Xiaoqi Ni, Huali Lu, Hua Zhao, Peng Wang, Xin Wang, Hongpu Li, "All-fiber orbital-angular-momentum mode encoding system based on helical fiber gratings," Photonics Res. 13, 960 (2025)
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